Rig Veda 8.68.19: Mandala 8, Sukta 68, Mantra 19

Sukta 8.68

Devata: Indra’s allied powers / Marut-like comrades (vāja-bandhavaḥ) in an Indraic hymn cluster

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

न युष्मे वाजबन्धवो निनित्सुश्चन मर्त्यः । अवद्यमधि दीधरत् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 8.68.19

Transliteration

ná yuṣmé vāja-bandhavo ninitsúś caná mártyaḥ | avádyam ádhi dīdharat ||

Translation

Nenhum mortal, ó companheiros ligados à plenitude da força, pode lançar sobre vós qualquer censura; nenhuma vontade hostil porá uma falta sobre a vossa obra luminosa.

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Word by Word

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

• युष्मे: in/among you (you people)
• युष्मे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वाजबन्धवः: O kinsmen/friends of strength/prize (vāja)
• वाजबन्धवः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाज-बन्धु (प्रातिपदिक; समास)

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

• निनित्सुः: one wishing to harm/assail (lit. intending)
• निनित्सुः: Kartā (as qualifier of subject) / —
• Type: Adjective (verbal) / Participle
• Root: निनीष्/निनि- (इच्छार्थक धातु-आधारित; desiderative sense) / √नी (नय) से वैदिक इच्छार्थक-रूप

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (समुच्चय) अव्यय

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

• मर्त्यः: a mortal
• मर्त्यः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक) < √मृ (मरणे)

• अवद्यम्: fault/blame; something blameworthy
• अवद्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: अवद्य (प्रातिपदिक) = ‘दोष/निन्द्य’ (a- + वद्य < √वद्/√वद् ‘to speak’ → ‘blameworthy/that which is to be blamed’)

• अधि: upon, over
• अधि: Adhikaraṇa (locative sense ‘upon/over’)
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb) / Postposition
• Root: अधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• दीधरत्: has held/has borne (upon)
• दीधरत्: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धृ (धारणे) + उपसर्ग? (यहाँ बिना उपसर्ग) ; वैदिक परिपूर्ण/इंटेन्सिव-रूप: दी-धृ