Rig Veda 8.27.18: Mandala 8, Sukta 27, Mantra 18
Sukta 8.27
Devata: Viśve Devāḥ / Ādityas as protectors and path-makers
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अज्रे चिदस्मै कृणुथा न्यञ्चनं दुर्गे चिदा सुसरणम् । एषा चिदस्मादशनिः परो नु सास्रेधन्ती वि नश्यतु ॥
Transliteration
ajré cid asmai kṛṇuthā́ ny-àñcanaṃ durgé cid ā́ su-sáraṇam | eṣā́ cid asmād aśániḥ paró nú sā́ asrédhantī ví naśyatu ||
Translation
道なき広野にあっても、彼のために確かな導きを作りたまえ。難路にあっても、なお善き通い路を形づくりたまえ。この打ち砕く雷（aśani）が、われらより遠くへ追いやられよ。不屈の破滅の力は解け散り、消え失せよ。
Word by Word
अज्रेin the open field / on the plain
अज्रे:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun
Rootअज्र (प्रातिपदिक; 'अज्र' = क्षेत्र/अज्र- 'open field, plain')
चित्even, indeed
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (अव्यय; emphatic particle)
अस्मैto him
अस्मै:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
कृणुथाmake (you all)!
कृणुथा:
—
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
न्यञ्चनम्a downward turning / a descent (a way down)
न्यञ्चनम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootन्यञ्चन (प्रातिपदिक; 'bending/turning down, descent'; from अव्यय 'नि' + अञ्च्/अच्-भाव)
दुर्गेin difficult places / in a strait
दुर्गे:
अधिकारण
TypeNoun
Rootदुर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
चित्even
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (अव्यय; emphatic particle)
आtowards, unto
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय; preverb)
सुसरणम्a good passage / easy course
सुसरणम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootसु-सरन (प्रातिपदिक; सु + सरण 'going/way, passage')
एषाthis (she/this one)
एषा:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
चित्even
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (अव्यय; emphatic particle)
अस्मात्from us
अस्मात्:
अपादान
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अशनि:the thunderbolt / lightning
अशनि::
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootअशनि (प्रातिपदिक)
परोfar away / away
परो:
—
TypeAdjective
Rootपर (प्रातिपदिक)
नुnow, indeed
नु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनु (अव्यय; particle)
सास्रेधन्तीnot failing / not slackening (steadfastly)
सास्रेधन्ती:
कर्तृ
TypeParticiple
Rootस्रिध्/स्रेद् (धातु; 'to fail, be slack, be negligent') + स- (intensive/iterative reduplication सा-)
विapart, away
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
नश्यतुlet it vanish / perish
नश्यतु:
—
TypeVerb
Rootनश् (धातु; 'to perish, vanish')
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