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Rig Veda 7.104.8: Mandala 7, Sukta 104, Mantra 8

Sukta 7.104

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh

यो मा पाकेन मनसा चरन्तमभिचष्टे अनृतेभिर्वचोभिः । आप इव काशिना संगृभीता असन्नस्त्वासत इन्द्र वक्ता ॥

yó mā pā́kena mánasā cárantam abhicaṣṭé anṛ́tebhir vácobhiḥ | ā́pa iva kāśínā sáṃgṛbhītā asánn astv āsata índra vaktā́ ||

Whoever with a petty mind watches me and speaks against me with words of falsehood—may he become as non-being; like waters seized by a shining net, may his utterance be caught and rendered void, O Indra.

यःwho (he who)
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
माम्me
माम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पाकेनwith (a) simple/guileless
पाकेन:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootपाक (प्रातिपदिक; ‘पाक’ = सरल/अपरिपक्व/निर्दोष) अथवा ‘पाक’ (विशेषण)
मनसाwith mind
मनसा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootमनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
चरन्तम्walking/behaving (as I go)
चरन्तम्:
Karma
TypeVerb-participle
Rootचर् (धातु) → चरन्त् (वर्तमान-कृदन्त, शतृ)
अभिचष्टेdenounces/accuses
अभिचष्टे:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootचक्ष्/चष्ट् (धातु ‘to speak/declare/denounce’) उपसर्गः अभि-
अनृतेभिःwith untruths/falsehoods
अनृतेभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootअनृत (प्रातिपदिक)
वचोभिःwith words
वचोभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootवचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
आपःwaters
आपः:
(उपमान-आधारः)
TypeNoun
Rootअप् (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike
इव:
(उपमा)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (निपात)
काशिनाwith brightness/gleam
काशिना:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootकाशिन्/काशि (प्रातिपदिक; ‘काश’ = प्रकाश/दीप्ति; ‘काशिन्’ = shining)
संगृभीताःseized/held together
संगृभीताः:
Kartā (उपमान-वाक्ये)
TypeVerb-participle
Rootग्रह् (धातु) उपसर्गः सम्- → संगृभीत (भूत-कृदन्त, क्त)
असन्they were / may they be (injunctive sense)
असन्:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु ‘to be’)
नःfor us / our
नः:
Sampradāna (हितार्थे) / सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
त्वाyou
त्वा:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
असतhe was / may he be
असत:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु ‘to be’)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
(सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun (proper) संबोधन
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
वक्ताthe speaker/utterer (accuser)
वक्ता:
Kartā
TypeAgent-noun
Rootवच् (धातु) → वक्तृ (कृदन्त; तृच्/तृन्)

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