Rig Veda 1.25.2: Mandala 1, Sukta 25, Mantra 2
Sukta 1.25
Rishi: Śunaḥśepa Ājīgarti (traditional)
Devata: Varuṇa (as protector from punitive forces and hostile manyu)
Chandas: Gāyatrī
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
मा नो वधाय हत्नवे जिहीळानस्य रीरधः । मा हृणानस्य मन्यवे ॥
Transliteration
mā́ no vadhā́ya hatnáve jihīḷānásya rīradhaḥ | mā́ hṛṇānásya mányave ||
Translation
आम्हाला वधासाठी सोपवू नकोस; क्रुद्ध शत्रूच्या प्रहाराला आम्हाला सोडू नकोस; आणि आहत (अपमानित) जनाच्या मन्यु—क्रोध—च्या अधीनही आम्हाला करू नकोस.
Word by Word
माdo not
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेध) अव्यय
नःus / to us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
वधायfor slaying / for killing
वधाय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootवध (प्रातिपदिक)
हत्नवेto the smiter / to the slayer
हत्नवे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootहत्नु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘हत्नु’ = smiter, slayer) अथवा हन्-धातु-सम्बद्ध
जिहीळानस्यof the enraged/hostile (one)
जिहीळानस्य:
—
TypeParticiple (Adjective) used substantively
Rootजिहीळान (कृदन्त; √हीळ्/√हिड् ‘to be angry, to rage, to be hostile’), जि- (intensive/reduplicated) + -आन (शानच्)
रीरधःharm / injure (us)
रीरधः:
Kriyā (main verb)
TypeVerb
Root√राध् (to harm, injure; also ‘to fail/neglect’ in some contexts) — Vedic reduplicated aorist/precative form
माdo not
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेध) अव्यय
हृणानस्यof the wrathful (one)
हृणानस्य:
—
TypeParticiple (Adjective) used substantively
Rootहृणान (कृदन्त; √हृ/√हृण् ‘to be angry, to be wrathful’), -आन (शानच्)
मन्यवेto wrath / to anger (personified)
मन्यवे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootमन्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
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