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Rig Veda 8.71.7: Mandala 8, Sukta 71, Mantra 7

Sukta 8.71

Devata: Agni (Jātavedas)

उरुष्या णो मा परा दा अघायते जातवेदः । दुराध्ये मर्ताय ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 8.71.7

uruṣyā́ ṇo mā́ parā́ dā aghāyate jātavedaḥ | durā́dhye mártāya ||

Wahai Jātavedas, peliharalah kami dengan lindungan yang luas; jangan serahkan kami kepada yang berniat jahat—dan jangan juga kepada insan fana yang tinggal dalam fikiran yang bengkok dan sesat.

उरुष्यprotect! / keep safe!
उरुष्य:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootउरुष्य (धातु, उरु- ‘विस्तृत/रक्षा’ से; वैदिक)
नःof us / for us
नः:
सम्प्रदान (हितार्थ) / सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
माdo not
मा:
(निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेध)
पराaway, forth
परा:
(क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरा (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
दाःgive / hand over
दाः:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदा (धातु) ‘देने’
अघायतेto the one who plots harm / the malicious one
अघायते:
अधिकरण (यस्य प्रति) / कर्म-सम्बन्ध (to the one who…)
TypeVerb
Rootअघाय (नामधातु/धातु) ‘अघं चिन्तयति/हानिं इच्छति’
जातवेदःO Jātavedas (Agni), knower of all births
जातवेदः:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootजातवेदस् (प्रातिपदिक; अग्नि-विशेषण)
दुराध्येin/into the hard-to-overcome (peril)
दुराध्ये:
अधिकरण
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootदुराध्य (प्रातिपदिक; दुर्- + आध्य/आधि-)
मर्तायto a mortal
मर्ताय:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Rootमर्त (प्रातिपदिक)

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