Rig Veda 8.80.8: Mandala 8, Sukta 80, Mantra 8
Sukta 8.80
Devata: Indra (continuation of sukta context)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
मा सीमवद्य आ भागुर्वी काष्ठा हितं धनम् । अपावृक्ता अरत्नयः ॥
Transliteration
mā sīm avádyé ā́ bhāk urvī́ kā́ṣṭhā hitáṃ dhánam | apā́vṛktā aratnáyaḥ ||
Translation
मा ते निन्द्ये भागं गृह्णीयुः; विस्तीर्णाः काष्ठाः स्थिराः सन्ति, धनं निहितं दृढम्। अपावृक्ताः अकुशलाः कराः प्रतिनिवर्तन्ते—ऋतकर्तार एव निहितं धनं प्राप्नुवन्ति।
Word by Word
माdo not
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेध) / mā́
सीम्indeed; just; them/it (emphatic)
सीम्:
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TypeIndeclinable
Rootसीम् (enclitic particle)
अवद्यblameworthy; reproachable
अवद्य:
—
TypeAdjective
Rootअवद्य (अ-वद्य) < √वद्
आtowards; forth
आ:
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TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
भागुर्वीBhāgurvī (a female name/epithet)
भागुर्वी:
Kartā
TypeNoun (proper/epithet)
Rootभागुर्वी (प्रातिपदिक)
काष्ठाthe goal/limit; boundary (lit. ‘post, end’)
काष्ठा:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootकाष्ठा
हिindeed; for
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
हितम्placed; set; deposited
हितम्:
—
TypeParticiple/Adjective
Root√धा (धा → हित) / ‘हित’
धनम्wealth; treasure
धनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootधन
अपावृक्ताturned away; driven back; repelled
अपावृक्ता:
Kartā
TypeParticiple/Adjective
Rootअप-आ-√वृत् (वृत्त) → अपावृक्त
अरत्नयःthe handless/forearmless ones (crippled/disabled; lit. ‘without forearms’)
अरत्नयः:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Adjective (substantivized)
Rootअरत्न (a-ratna) / ‘without hands/without forearms’
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