Rig Veda 8.1.13: Mandala 8, Sukta 1, Mantra 13
Sukta 8.1
Rishi: Kāṇva (Kāṇva lineage)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Gāyatrī (likely)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
मा भूम निष्ट्या इवेन्द्र त्वदरणा इव । वनानि न प्रजहितान्यद्रिवो दुरोषासो अमन्महि ॥
Transliteration
mā́ bhūma niṣṭyā́ ivéndra tvád araṇā́ iva | vánāni ná pra-jahitā́ny adrivo duroṣā́so amanmahi ||
Translation
मा वयं निष्ट्याः इव भू्म, हे इन्द्र; मा च त्वदरणाः इव। मा च परित्यक्तवनानि इव। हे अद्रिवः, वयं त्वच्छरणार्थिनः स्म इति मन्यामहे; मार्गं न प्रजहिम।
Word by Word
माdo not
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेध) / mā́
भू॑म्may we be / let us be
भू॑म्:
Kartā (implied ‘we’)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु) / √bhū
निष्ट्या॑ः(as) those who are lost/ruined; wretched ones
निष्ट्या॑ः:
Kartā (predicate-nominative with ‘भू॑म्’)
TypeNoun
Rootनिष्ट्य (प्रातिपदिक) / niṣṭyá-
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक) / índra-
त्वत्from you
त्वत्:
Apādāna
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / tvád-
अरणाःwithout refuge/help; helpless
अरणाः:
Kartā (predicate-nominative with ‘भू॑म्’)
TypeAdjective
Rootअरण (प्रातिपदिक) / áraṇa-
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
वना॑निwoods, forests
वना॑नि:
Karma (with ‘प्रजहि’)
TypeNoun
Rootवन (प्रातिपदिक) / vána-
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
प्रforth, away (intensifier with verb)
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र
जहिleave, abandon
जहि:
Kartā (addressed ‘you’ = Indra)
TypeVerb
Rootहन् (धातु) / √han
तानिthose (things/ones)
तानि:
Karma (object of ‘जहि’)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / tád-
अद्रिवःO wielder of the stone (pressing-stone), O Indra
अद्रिवः:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootअद्रिवन् (प्रातिपदिक) / adrívān-
दुरोषासःhard to please / ill-disposed (ones)
दुरोषासः:
Kartā (of ‘अमन्महि’)
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootदुरोषस् (प्रातिपदिक) / duroṣás-
अमन्महिwe deemed/considered
अमन्महि:
Kartā (we)
TypeVerb
Rootमन् (धातु) / √man
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