Rig Veda 8.68.19: Mandala 8, Sukta 68, Mantra 19
Sukta 8.68
Devata: Indra’s allied powers / Marut-like comrades (vāja-bandhavaḥ) in an Indraic hymn cluster
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
न युष्मे वाजबन्धवो निनित्सुश्चन मर्त्यः । अवद्यमधि दीधरत् ॥
Transliteration
ná yuṣmé vāja-bandhavo ninitsúś caná mártyaḥ | avádyam ádhi dīdharat ||
Translation
ಹೇ ವಾಜಬಂಧವೋ—ಬಲಸಮೃದ್ಧಿಯ ಬಂಧುಗಳೇ, ಯಾವ ಮನುಷ್ಯನೂ ನಿಮ್ಮ ಮೇಲೆ ದೋಷವನ್ನು ಕಟ್ಟಲಾರನು; ಯಾವ ಶತ್ರುಸಂಕಲ್ಪವೂ ನಿಮ್ಮ ಪ್ರಕಾಶಮಾನ ಕಾರ್ಯದ ಮೇಲೆ ತಪ್ಪನ್ನು ಸ್ಥಾಪಿಸಲಾರದು.
Word by Word
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (निषेध) अव्यय
युष्मेin/among you (you people)
युष्मे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वाजबन्धवःO kinsmen/friends of strength/prize (vāja)
वाजबन्धवः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवाज-बन्धु (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (निषेध) अव्यय
निनित्सुःone wishing to harm/assail (lit. intending)
निनित्सुः:
Kartā (as qualifier of subject) / —
TypeAdjective (verbal) / Participle
Rootनिनीष्/निनि- (इच्छार्थक धातु-आधारित; desiderative sense) / √नी (नय) से वैदिक इच्छार्थक-रूप
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (समुच्चय) अव्यय
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (निषेध) अव्यय
मर्त्यःa mortal
मर्त्यः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootमर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक) < √मृ (मरणे)
अवद्यम्fault/blame; something blameworthy
अवद्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootअवद्य (प्रातिपदिक) = ‘दोष/निन्द्य’ (a- + वद्य < √वद्/√वद् ‘to speak’ → ‘blameworthy/that which is to be blamed’)
अधिupon, over
अधि:
Adhikaraṇa (locative sense ‘upon/over’)
TypeIndeclinable (preverb) / Postposition
Rootअधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
दीधरत्has held/has borne (upon)
दीधरत्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√धृ (धारणे) + उपसर्ग? (यहाँ बिना उपसर्ग) ; वैदिक परिपूर्ण/इंटेन्सिव-रूप: दी-धृ
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