Rig Veda 8.61.11: Mandala 8, Sukta 61, Mantra 11
Sukta 8.61
Devata: Indra
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
न पापासो मनामहे नारायासो न जळ्हवः । यदिन्न्विन्द्रं वृषणं सचा सुते सखायं कृणवामहै ॥
Transliteration
ná pāpā́so manāmahe ná ārāyā́so ná jaḷhávaḥ | yád ín nv índraṃ vṛ́ṣaṇaṃ sácā suté sákhāyaṃ kṛṇávāmahai ||
Translation
न वयं पापासो मन्यामहे, न वैरिणो न कुटिलाशयाः। यतोऽद्य सुतस्य सोमस्य सन्निधौ वृषणम् इन्द्रं सखायं कर्तुमिच्छामः।
Word by Word
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
पापासः(we) sinners / evil-doers
पापासः:
Kartā (of implied ‘we are/are thought’)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootपापा- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘पाप’)
मनामहेwe think/consider (ourselves)
मनामहे:
—
TypeVerb
Root√मन् (मनुते/मन्यते) ‘to think, deem’
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
अरायासः(we) hostile ones / harmful men
अरायासः:
Kartā (of implied ‘we are/are thought’)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootअराय- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘अरि/अराति’ = hostile, harmful)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
जळ्हवः(we) dullards / rude fellows
जळ्हवः:
Kartā (of implied ‘we are/are thought’)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootजळ्ह- (प्रातिपदिक; Vedic, pejorative: ‘foolish/boorish/rough’)
यत्when / since
यत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable (relative) / Pronoun
Rootयद्
इत्indeed
इत्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइत्
नुnow / indeed
नु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनु
इन्द्रम्Indra
इन्द्रम्:
Karma (object of ‘we make’)
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र-
वृषणम्the mighty/bull-like
वृषणम्:
Karma (qualifier of the object)
TypeAdjective
Rootवृषण- (adj. ‘bull-like, mighty’)
सचाtogether with
सचा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसचा
सुतेin the pressed Soma
सुते:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootसुत- (ppp of √सु ‘to press (Soma)’)
सखायम्a friend
सखायम्:
Karma (object complement: ‘as friend’)
TypeNoun
Rootसखि- (stem: सखा/सखाय) ‘friend’
कृणवामहैmay we make (him) / let us make
कृणवामहै:
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TypeVerb
Root√कृ (करोति) ‘to make’ (Vedic: कृणोति)
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