Rig Veda 1.183.4 — Mandala 1, Sukta 183, Mantra 4
Sukta 1.183
Devata: Aśvinau (Dasrā)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
मा वां वृको मा वृकीरा दधर्षीन्मा परि वर्क्तमुत माति धक्तम् । अयं वां भागो निहित इयं गीर्दस्राविमे वां निधयो मधूनाम् ॥
Transliteration
mā́ vāṃ vṛ́ko mā́ vṛkī́r ā́ dadharṣīn mā́ pári varktam utá mā́ áti dhaktam | ayáṃ vāṃ bhā́go níhita iyáṃ gī́r dasrāv imé vāṃ nidháyo mádhūnām ||
Translation
ನಿಮ್ಮ ಮೇಲೆ ತೋಳವೂ (ವೃಕ) ತೋಳಿಯರೂ (ವೃಕೀರ) ದಾಳಿ ಮಾಡದಿರಲಿ; ಯಾರೂ ನಿಮ್ಮನ್ನು ಸುತ್ತುವರಿಯದಿರಲಿ, ಹಿಂಬಾಲಿಸಿ ದಹಿಸದಿರಲಿ. ಇಲ್ಲಿದೆ ನಿಮ್ಮ ಪಾಲು ಸ್ಥಾಪಿತವಾಗಿದೆ; ಇಲ್ಲಿದೆ ಈ ಗೀರ್/ಸ್ತುತಿ—ಹೇ ದಸ್ರರೇ—ಇವು ನಿಮ್ಮ ಮಧುರತೆಯ ನಿಧಿಗಳು/ಸಂಚಿತ ಖಜಾನೆಗಳು.
Word by Word
माdo not
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेध) / mā́
वाम्you two
वाम्:
Karma (with implied verb ‘harm’ etc.)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (युवाम्)
वृकःthe wolf
वृकः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवृक (प्रातिपदिक) / vṛká-
माdo not
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेध) / mā́
वृकीःshe-wolves
वृकीः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवृकी (प्रातिपदिक) / vṛkī́-
आtowards; upon
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग) / ā́
दधर्षीत्may (it) not assail / did not dare to assail
दधर्षीत्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootधृष् (dhṛṣ) ‘to dare, assail’
माdo not
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेध) / mā́
परिaround
परि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) / pári
वर्क्तम्(you two) turn away / ward off
वर्क्तम्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootवृज्/वर्ज्? (Vedic) → वर्क्त (PPP/adj. ‘to turn/ward off’); here as verb-form in injunctive/imperative usage
उतand; also
उत:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत (अव्यय) / utá
माdo not
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेध) / mā́
अतिover; beyond
अति:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) / áti
धक्तम्(you two) burn/harm
धक्तम्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootधक्ष्/दह् (Vedic) ‘to burn, harm’ → धक्तम् (2du) अव. injunctive/imperative
अयम्this
अयम्:
Kartā/Adhikaraṇa (deictic subject)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (प्रातिपदिक) / idám
वाम्of you two
वाम्:
Sampradāna/Śeṣa (possessor)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (युवाम्)
भागःshare; portion
भागः:
Kartā (nominal predicate)
TypeNoun
Rootभाग (प्रातिपदिक) / bhāgá-
निहितःplaced; deposited
निहितः:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (result state)
TypeParticiple/Adjective
Rootनि-धा (dhā) ‘to place’ → निहित (PPP) / nihitá-
इयम्this
इयम्:
Kartā/Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (प्रातिपदिक) / idám
गीःsong; hymn
गीः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootगिर्/गी (प्रातिपदिक) / gī́r-
दस्राO wondrous ones (Aśvins)
दस्रा:
Sambodhana
TypeAdjective (vocative epithet)
Rootदस्र (प्रातिपदिक) / dasrá-
अविमेhere (are) these
अविमे:
— / Kartā (for ‘इमे’)
TypeIndeclinable + Pronoun
Rootअवि + इमे (Vedic sandhi/combination) → ‘अवि’ (particle ‘here/now’ in Vedic) + ‘इमे’
वाम्of you two
वाम्:
Śeṣa (possessor)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (युवाम्)
निधयःtreasures; deposits
निधयः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootनिधि (प्रातिपदिक) / nidhí-
मधूनाम्of honey; of sweetness
मधूनाम्:
Śeṣa (genitive: ‘of honey/sweetness’)
TypeNoun
Rootमधु (प्रातिपदिक) / mádhu-
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