Rig Veda 6.48.17: Mandala 6, Sukta 48, Mantra 17

Sukta 6.48

Rishi: Bharadvāja

Devata: Pūṣan (contextual continuation; protective admonition)

Chandas: Trishtubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

मा काकम्बीरमुद्वृहो वनस्पतिमशस्तीर्वि हि नीनशः । मोत सूरो अह एवा चन ग्रीवा आदधते वेः ॥

Transliteration

mā́ kākambī́ram úd vṛhaḥ vánaspátim áśastīr ví hí nī́naśaḥ | mót sū́ro áhar íti evā́ cana grīvā́ ā́dadhate véḥ ||

Translation

Não arranques pela raiz a árvore kākambīra, ó Vanaspati; as forças mal louvadas dispersam os homens de muitos modos. Que o herói não diga: «é dia», e ainda assim ponha o laço ao pescoço; que nenhum ser seja apanhado por uma claridade enganosa.

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Word by Word

• मा: do not
• मा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध) / mā

• काकम्बीरम्: the kākambīra (a plant/tree)
• काकम्बीरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: काकम्बीर (प्रातिपदिक)

• उद्वृहो: pull up / uproot (upwards)
• उद्वृहो: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृह् (वृंह्/वृह्) + उद्

• वनस्पतिम्: the lord of the forest; the tree
• वनस्पतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)

• अशस्तीः: (as) unpraiseworthy/evil (things), misfortunes
• अशस्तीः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: अशस्ति (प्रातिपदिक; a-शस्ति)

• वि: apart, asunder
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग)

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (निपात)

• नीनशः: has destroyed / has made perish
• नीनशः: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु) / निनश् (intensive/reduplicated stem)

• मोत: and do not / nor
• मोत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा + उत (निपातसमास)

• सूरः: the sun; the hero
• सूरः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर (प्रातिपदिक)

• अह: just, indeed
• अह: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अह (निपात)

• एवा: just so, exactly
• एवा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (निपात) + आ (स्वर/पदपूरण)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• न: not
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निषेध)

• ग्रीवाः: necks
• ग्रीवाः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रीवा (प्रातिपदिक)

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

• दधते: they place / they put on
• दधते: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु)

• वेः: of the bird/creature (reading uncertain)
• वेः: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वि (धातु) / वे (प्रातिपदिक?)