Rig Veda 10.134.7: Mandala 10, Sukta 134, Mantra 7

Sukta 10.134

Devata: Collective Devāḥ (all luminous powers); implicit emphasis on mantra-śruti (the Vedic Word)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

नकिर्देवा मिनीमसि नकिरा योपयामसि मन्त्रश्रुत्यं चरामसि । पक्षेभिरपिकक्षेभिरत्राभि सं रभामहे ॥

Transliteration

nákir devā́ minīmasi nákir ā́ yopayāmasi mantra-śrútyaṃ carāmasi | pakṣébhir apikakṣébhir atrā́bhi sáṃ rabhāmahe ||

Translation

Kami tidak mengurangkan mana-mana dewa, kami tidak menghalang sesiapa; kami berjalan dalam pendengaran mantra—dalam pendengaran yang benar. Dengan sayap dan dengan kepak penopang, di sini kami menghimpun diri dan berpegang teguh, naik melalui penerbangan batin.

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Word by Word

• नकिः: no one, none
• नकिः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नकिस् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक) < PIE *ne-kʷis? (न- + किः ‘कः’)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)

• मिनीमसि: we diminish / we harm
• मिनीमसि: Karma (object implied: ‘them/anyone’), with negation
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मी (मि) ‘क्षेपणे/हिंसायाम्’ (वेद. ‘to diminish/impair’); reduplicated stem मिनी-

• नकिः: no one
• नकिः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नकिस् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: towards, unto
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग)

• योपयामसि: we ward off / we keep away
• योपयामसि: Karma (object implied: ‘anyone’), with negation
• Type: Verb
• Root: √युप्/√युप् (वेद. योपयति) ‘to keep back, restrain, ward off’ (causative/denominative-like formation)

• मन्त्रश्रुत्यम्: (in a way) worthy of/connected with hearing the mantra
• मन्त्रश्रुत्यम्: Karma/Adverbial (manner)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मन्त्र-श्रुति (समास; मन्त्र + श्रुति) → मन्त्रश्रुत्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• चरामसि: we go / we conduct ourselves
• चरामसि: Kartā (we) + Karma (path/way implied)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √चर् ‘to move, to go, to practice’

• पक्षेभिः: with wings
• पक्षेभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• अपिकक्षेभिः: with side-feathers / with flanks (lit. ‘with the side-parts’)
• अपिकक्षेभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपि-कक्ष (समास; अपि + कक्ष) → अपिकक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)

• अत्राभिः: with these here (in this place)
• अत्राभिः: Karaṇa (by/with these here) + Adhikaraṇa nuance from अत्र
• Type: Pronoun/Deictic (with indeclinable)
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय) + आभिः (इदम्-प्रातिपदिक ‘इ’/‘अ’ series; instr. pl. fem.)

• सम्: together, completely
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग)

• रभामहे: we take hold (of), we grasp
• रभामहे: Kartā (we) + Karma (support/aid implied)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रभ् ‘to seize, grasp, take hold’