Rig Veda 8.97.7: Mandala 8, Sukta 97, Mantra 7
Sukta 8.97
Devata: Indra
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
मा न इन्द्र परा वृणग्भवा नः सधमाद्यः । त्वं न ऊती त्वमिन्न आप्यं मा न इन्द्र परा वृणक् ॥
Transliteration
mā́ na indra parā́ vṛṇag bhávā naḥ sadha-mā́dyaḥ | tváṃ na ūtī́ tvám ín na ā́pyaṃ mā́ na indra parā́ vṛṇak ||
Translation
ഹേ ഇന്ദ്ര, ഞങ്ങളെ അകറ്റി തള്ളരുതേ; ഞങ്ങള്ക്കായി സഹമാദ്യ—സാമൂഹിക മദാനന്ദത്തിന്റെ കൂട്ടാളി—ആകുക. നീയേ ഞങ്ങളുടെ ഊതി (രക്ഷാ-സഹായം); നീയേ തന്നേ ഞങ്ങളുടെ ആപ്യ—അന്തരംഗബന്ധം—ആകുന്നു. ഹേ ഇന്ദ്ര, ഞങ്ങളെ അകറ്റി തള്ളരുതേ.
Word by Word
माdo not
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेध) / mā́
नःto us / our
नः:
Sampradāna (to us) / Possessor (our)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
सम्बोधन (addressed deity)
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक) / Indra
पराaway
परा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरा (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
वृणक्choose (us) / select
वृणक्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootवृ (वृणोति ‘to choose, select’)
भवाbe (for us) / become
भवा:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootभू (भवति ‘to be, become’)
नःto us / our
नः:
Sampradāna (to us)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
सधमाद्यःcompanion in the soma-feast / fellow-reveler
सधमाद्यः:
Kartā (as predicate-nominative of ‘be’)
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootसधमाद्य (प्रातिपदिक; सध- ‘साथ’ + माद्य ‘उत्सव/मद’)
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
नःto us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
ऊतीhelp, aid
ऊती:
Kartā (predicate-nominative: ‘(you are) help’)
TypeNoun
Rootऊति (प्रातिपदिक; √अव/ऊ ‘to help, protect’ से) / ū́ti-
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
इत्indeed, just
इत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइत् (निपात)
नःto us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
आप्यम्near, accessible, friendly
आप्यम्:
Kartā (predicate-nominative)
TypeAdjective
Rootआप्य (प्रातिपदिक; आप् ‘जल/आपः’ अथवा ‘प्राप्ति’ से; ‘near/related/accessible’)
माdo not
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेध)
नःto us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
पराaway
परा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरा (अव्यय/उपसर्ग)
वृणक्choose (us)
वृणक्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootवृ (वृणोति)
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