Rig Veda 8.67.20: Mandala 8, Sukta 67, Mantra 20
Sukta 8.67
Devata: Ādityas (with mention of Vivasvat)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
मा नो हेतिर्विवस्वत आदित्याः कृत्रिमा शरुः । पुरा नु जरसो वधीत् ॥
Transliteration
mā́ no hetír vivásvata ādityāḥ kṛ́trimā śár uḥ | purā́ nu járaso vadhīt ||
Translation
ヴィヴァスヴァト（Vivasvat）の武器が、われらを撃たぬように、アーディティヤたち（Ādityas）よ。また、作りなされた敵の矢もわれらを害さぬように。時至らぬうちに、老いの圧を越えて熟す前に、われらを打ち倒さぬように。
Word by Word
माdo not
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेध) / मा (अव्यय)
नःto us / our
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
हेतिःmissile, weapon, blow
हेतिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootहेति- (प्रातिपदिक)
विवस्वतःof Vivasvat (the shining one; Sun)
विवस्वतः:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun (proper/epithet)
Rootविवस्वत् (प्रातिपदिक)
आदित्याःthe Ādityas
आदित्याः:
Kartā (appositional to the agent of harm) / Sambodhana-like address by sense
TypeNoun
Rootआदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
कृत्रिमाartificial, fabricated
कृत्रिमा:
Viśeṣaṇa (of शरुः)
TypeAdjective
Rootकृत्रिम (प्रातिपदिक)
शरुःarrow, dart
शरुः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootशरु- (प्रातिपदिक)
पुराformerly, before
पुरा:
Adhikaraṇa (temporal)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरा (अव्यय)
नुindeed, now
नु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनु (अव्यय)
जरसःof old age, of decay
जरसः:
Apādāna (by sense: ‘before/from old age’) / Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootजरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
वधीत्may it/they not strike/kill
वधीत्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootवध् (हिंसायाम्)
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Vedic Cosmology
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