Rig Veda 7.46.4: Mandala 7, Sukta 46, Mantra 4
Sukta 7.46
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha
Devata: Rudra (with concluding svasti appeal to collective powers)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
मा नो वधी रुद्र मा परा दा मा ते भूम प्रसितौ हीळितस्य । आ नो भज बर्हिषि जीवशंसे यूयं पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः ॥
Transliteration
mā́ no vadhī rudra mā́ párā dā mā́ te bhūma prásitau hīḷitásya | ā́ no bhaja barhíṣi jīva-śaṃsé yūyáṃ pāta svastí-bhiḥ sádā naḥ ||
Translation
मा नो वधी रुद्र मा परा दा मा ते भूम प्रसितौ हीळितस्य। आ नो भज बर्हिषि जीवशंसे यूयं पात स्वस्तिभिः सदा नः॥
Word by Word
माdo not
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेध) अव्यय
नःus
नः:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
वधीः(you) should strike/kill
वधीः:
—
TypeVerb
Rootवध्
रुद्रO Rudra
रुद्र:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootरुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
माdo not
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेध) अव्यय
पराaway, forth
परा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरा (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
दाःgive / grant
दाः:
—
TypeVerb
Rootदा
माdo not
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेध) अव्यय
तेof you / your
ते:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
भूमmay we be
भूम:
—
TypeVerb
Rootभू
प्रसितौin (your) impulse/dispatch
प्रसितौ:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootप्र-√सि (प्रसिति) / प्रसित (प्रातिपदिक)
हीळितस्यof the angered/irritated one
हीळितस्य:
सम्बन्ध
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootहीळित (√हीळ्/√हिड् ‘to be angry, to revile’ से क्त) / हीळित (प्रातिपदिक)
आhither, to us
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
नःto us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
भजapportion, bestow
भज:
—
TypeVerb
Rootभज्
बर्हिषिon the sacred grass (barhis)
बर्हिषि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootबर्हिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
जीवशंसेO life-praised / O you whose praise brings life
जीवशंसे:
सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootजीव-शंस (प्रातिपदिक; ‘life-praising/whose praise is for life’)
यूयम्you (all)
यूयम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
पातprotect
पात:
—
TypeVerb
Rootपा (पालने)
स्वस्तिभिःwith well-being, with blessings
स्वस्तिभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootस्वस्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
सदाalways
सदा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसदा (अव्यय)
नःus
नः:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
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Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
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