Rig Veda 8.24.5: Mandala 8, Sukta 24, Mantra 5
Sukta 8.24
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable; requires metrical confirmation)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
न ते सव्यं न दक्षिणं हस्तं वरन्त आमुरः । न परिबाधो हरिवो गविष्टिषु ॥
Transliteration
ná te savyáṃ ná dákṣiṇaṃ hástaṃ varanta āmúraḥ | ná paribā́dho harivo gáviṣṭiṣu ||
Translation
హే హరివో! ఏ ఆముర (జడత్వం/మందత్వం) నీ ఎడమ గానీ కుడి గానీ చేతిని ఆపలేడు; గవిష్టి—ప్రకాశ రశ్ముల అన్వేషణలో—ఏ పరిబాధ (చుట్టుముట్టే ఒత్తిడి) నిన్ను బంధించలేడు.
Word by Word
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
तेof you / your
ते:
सम्बन्ध (possessor)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (युष्मद्-प्रातिपदिक) → त्वम्
सव्यम्left (side/hand)
सव्यम्:
कर्म (object of ‘varante’)
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootसव्य
नnor
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
दक्षिणम्right (side/hand)
दक्षिणम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootदक्षिण
हस्तम्hand
हस्तम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootहस्त
वरन्तेthey choose / they prefer
वरन्ते:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√वृ (वृणोति/वृणुते) ‘to choose, prefer, accept’
आमुरःthe ‘Āmura’ people/men (a hostile group; name of a tribe/demons in Vedic usage)
आमुरः:
कर्तृ (subject of ‘varante’)
TypeNoun
Rootआमुर
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
परिबाधःhindrance / oppression
परिबाधः:
कर्तृ/भाव (as ‘hindrance/oppression’ with implied ‘is’)
TypeNoun
Rootपरि-बाध (परिबाध) / √बाध ‘to press, oppress, hinder’
हरिवःO tawny-steeded one (Indra)
हरिवः:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (epithet used in address)
Rootहरिवत् (voc. harivaḥ) ‘having tawny steeds’ (epithet of Indra)
गविष्टिषुin the quests for cows / in cattle-raids (contests for cattle)
गविष्टिषु:
अधिकरण (locus)
TypeNoun
Rootगविष्टि
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