Rig Veda 7.94.8: Mandala 7, Sukta 94, Mantra 8

Sukta 7.94

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha

Devata: Indrāgnī

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

मा कस्य नो अररुषो धूर्तिः प्रणङ्मर्त्यस्य । इन्द्राग्नी शर्म यच्छतम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 7.94.8

Transliteration

mā kásya no aráruṣo dhūrtíḥ práṇag mártyasya | indrā́gnī śárma yacchatam ||

Translation

Let not the deceitful assault of any raging mortal strike us down; O Indra and Agni, grant us your sheltering peace.

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Word by Word

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध) / मा (अव्यय)

• कस्य: of anyone / of whom
• कस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: क (किम्-प्रातिपदिक)

• नः: of us / our
• नः: सम्बन्ध (our)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• अररुषः: of the non-harming (one)
• अररुषः: विशेषण-सम्बन्ध
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अररुष (प्रातिपदिक; ‘अ-ररुष’ = non-harming / non-injuring; Vedic epithet)

• धूर्तिः: harm / hostile act
• धूर्तिः: कर्तृ (as subject: ‘harm/hostility’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक; from √ध्वर्/धूर्व् ‘to injure, harm, deceive’ > ‘harm, injury, hostile act’ in Vedic)

• प्रणङ्: may (it) not reach / come upon
• प्रणङ्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + √नश्/नङ् (Vedic; ‘to reach/attain/come upon’; here as finite verb form in injunctive/aoristic usage)

• मर्त्यस्य: of the mortal
• मर्त्यस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of the mortal’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक; from √मृ ‘to die’)

• इन्द्राग्नी: O Indra and Agni
• इन्द्राग्नी: सम्बोधन
• Type: Noun (dual deity name)
• Root: इन्द्र + अग्नि (देवनाम; द्वन्द्व-समास)

• शर्म: shelter / protection / comfort
• शर्म: कर्म (object of यच्छतम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• यच्छतम्: grant (you two)
• यच्छतम्: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √यम् (यच्छ-; ‘to give, grant, bestow’)