Rig Veda 8.47.2 — Mandala 8, Sukta 47, Mantra 2
Sukta 8.47
Rishi: Not determinable from excerpt.
Devata: Ādityas.
Chandas: Not determinable with certainty from excerpt.
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
विदा देवा अघानामादित्यासो अपाकृतिम् । पक्षा वयो यथोपरि व्यस्मे शर्म यच्छतानेहसो व ऊतयः सुतयो व ऊतयः ॥
Transliteration
vidā́ devā́ aghā́nām ādityāso apā́kṛtim | pakṣā́ váyo yáthopári vy àsmé śárma yacchatānéhaso va ūtáyaḥ su-ūtáyaḥ va ūtáyaḥ ||
Translation
विदा देवाः अघानाम् आदित्यसोऽपाकृतिम्। तस्माद् अघं निरस्यत। यथा पक्षाः वयः उपरि नयन्ति, तथा अस्मे शर्म व्यच्छत। हे अनेहसः, व ऊतयः—सुतयः व ऊतयः—अस्माकं परित्राणानि।
Word by Word
विदाknowingly; with knowledge
विदा:
Adhikaraṇa (manner/means: ‘by knowing/knowingly’)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootविद् (√vid ‘to know/find’) / विदा (avyaya ‘with knowledge/knowing’)
देवाःthe gods
देवाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (prātipadika)
अघानाम्of evils; of sins
अघानाम्:
Sambandha (genitive: ‘of evils/sins’)
TypeNoun
Rootअघ (prātipadika)
आदित्याःthe Ādityas
आदित्याः:
Kartā (apposition to देवाः)
TypeNoun
Rootआदित्य (prātipadika)
अपाकृतिम्removal; driving away
अपाकृतिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअपाकृति (prātipadika; apa-ā-√kṛ ‘removal, driving away’)
पक्षाःwings
पक्षाः:
Kartā (metaphorical subject)
TypeNoun
Rootपक्ष (prātipadika)
वयःa bird; fowl (collective)
वयः:
Kartā (in apposition/collective with पक्षाः)
TypeNoun
Rootवयस् (prātipadika)
यथाas; just as
यथा:
Adhikaraṇa (comparative manner)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
उपरिabove; upwards
उपरि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउपरि
विapart; forth (intensifier with verb)
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (prefix/preverb)
अस्मेfor us; to us
अस्मे:
Sampradāna (dative sense: ‘for us’)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (pronoun)
शर्मshelter; protection; comfort
शर्म:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशर्मन् (prātipadika)
यच्छतgrant (you all)!
यच्छत:
Kriyā (main verb); governs कर्म ‘शर्म’ and सम्प्रदान ‘अस्मे’
TypeVerb
Rootयम् (√yam ‘to give/extend, grant’; Vedic: ‘bestow’)
अनेहसःunharming; untroubling
अनेहसः:
Kartā (as qualifier of the subject ‘aids’)
TypeAdjective
Rootअनेहस् (prātipadika; a-neh-as ‘untroubled, unharmed’)
वःof you; your
वः:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (pronoun)
ऊतयःhelps; protections
ऊतयः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootऊति (prātipadika)
सुतयःpressings; soma-libations
सुतयः:
Kartā (in apposition to ऊतयः)
TypeNoun
Rootसुति (prātipadika; from √su ‘press’ → ‘pressing/pressed (soma)’, ‘libations’)
वःof you; your
वः:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (pronoun)
ऊतयःhelps; protections
ऊतयः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootऊति (prātipadika)
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