Rig Veda 8.2.5: Mandala 8, Sukta 2, Mantra 5
Sukta 8.2
Rishi: Medhyātithi Kāṇva (traditional for RV 8.2)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Gāyatrī (probable for RV 8.2 opening; requires metrical verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
न यं शुक्रो न दुराशीर्न तृप्रा उरुव्यचसम् । अपस्पृण्वते सुहार्दम् ॥
Transliteration
ná yaṃ śukró ná durāśī́r ná tṛprā́ uruvyácasam | apaspṛṇváte suhā́rdam ||
Translation
Him—wide in his luminous reach—neither the bright (force) nor ill-wishing nor the self-satisfied can push away; for he is the good-hearted power that cannot be excluded from the true movement.
Word by Word
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
यम्whom
यम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
शुक्रःthe bright/pure one
शुक्रः:
Kartā (implicit predicate/subject in nominal clause)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootशुक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
दुराशीःill-wish, evil benediction
दुराशीः:
Kartā (implicit predicate/subject in nominal clause)
TypeNoun (abstract) / Adjective
Rootदुराशी (प्रातिपदिक: दुर्- + आशी ‘wish/benediction’)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
तृप्राःthe satiating one / the sated one
तृप्राः:
Kartā (implicit predicate/subject in nominal clause)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootतृप्र (प्रातिपदिक; Vedic adj. ‘sated/satisfying’)
उरुव्यचसम्wide-reaching, far-extending
उरुव्यचसम्:
Karma (qualifier of यम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootउरुव्यचस् (प्रातिपदिक; उरु- ‘wide’ + व्यचस् ‘expanse, reach’)
अपस्पृण्वतेto/for the one who wards off (keeps away)
अपस्पृण्वते:
Sampradāna (recipient/beneficiary sense: ‘to/for the repelling one’)
TypeVerb (present participial form used as finite-like in Vedic) / Kṛdanta
Root√स्पृ (स्पृणोति/स्पृणुते; ‘to touch, to reach’; with preverb अप-)
सुहार्दम्goodwill, friendly-heartedness
सुहार्दम्:
Karma (object: ‘goodwill/friendship’)
TypeNoun (abstract) / Adjective
Rootसुहार्द (प्रातिपदिक; सु- ‘good’ + हार्द ‘heart, friendliness’)
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