Rig Veda 7.86.5: Mandala 7, Sukta 86, Mantra 5
Sukta 7.86
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha
Devata: Varuṇa
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अव द्रुग्धानि पित्र्या सृजा नोऽव या वयं चकृमा तनूभिः । अव राजन्पशुतृपं न तायुं सृजा वत्सं न दाम्नो वसिष्ठम् ॥
Transliteration
áva drugdhā́ni pitryā́ sṛjā no 'vá yā́ vayáṃ cakṛmā́ tanū́bhiḥ | áva rā́jan paśu-tṛ́paṃ ná tāyúṃ sṛjá vatsáṃ ná dā́mno vásiṣṭham ||
Translation
अव द्रुग्धानि पित्र्या सृज नोऽव या वयं चकृमा तनूभिः । अव राजन् पशुतृपं न तायुः सृज वत्सं न दाम्नो वसिष्ठम् ॥
Word by Word
अवdown, away; (as preverb)
अव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअव (upasarga)
द्रुग्धानिthe wrongs/treacheries, offences
द्रुग्धानि:
Karma
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootद्रुह् (धातु) → द्रुग्ध (PPP)
पित्र्याpaternal, inherited from the fathers
पित्र्या:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक) → पित्र्य (adj.)
सृजrelease, let go
सृज:
—
TypeVerb
Rootसृज्
नःof us / for us
नः:
Sampradāna (beneficiary) / सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
अवdown, away
अव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअव (upasarga)
याःwhich (sins/deeds)
याः:
Karma
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद्
वयम्we
वयम्:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
चकृमाwe have done
चकृमा:
—
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
तनूभिःwith (our) bodies/persons
तनूभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootतनू
अवdown, away
अव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअव (upasarga)
राजन्O king (Varuṇa)
राजन्:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootराजन्
पशुतृपम्the cattle-despoiler / cattle-harming one
पशुतृपम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootपशु + तृप (प्रातिपदिक; ‘cattle-satisfying/greedy for cattle’)
नlike, as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
तायुम्thief, robber
तायुम्:
Karma (in simile)
TypeNoun
Rootतायु (प्रातिपदिक)
सृजrelease
सृज:
—
TypeVerb
Rootसृज्
वत्सम्a calf
वत्सम्:
Karma (in simile)
TypeNoun
Rootवत्स
नlike
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
दाम्नःfrom the rope/bond
दाम्नः:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootदामन्
वसिष्ठम्Vasiṣṭha (me/us, the seer)
वसिष्ठम्:
Karma
TypeProper Noun
Rootवसिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
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Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
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