Rig Veda 10.134.7: Mandala 10, Sukta 134, Mantra 7
Sukta 10.134
Devata: Collective Devāḥ (all luminous powers); implicit emphasis on mantra-śruti (the Vedic Word)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
नकिर्देवा मिनीमसि नकिरा योपयामसि मन्त्रश्रुत्यं चरामसि । पक्षेभिरपिकक्षेभिरत्राभि सं रभामहे ॥
Transliteration
nákir devā́ minīmasi nákir ā́ yopayāmasi mantra-śrútyaṃ carāmasi | pakṣébhir apikakṣébhir atrā́bhi sáṃ rabhāmahe ||
Translation
เรามิได้ทำให้เทพองค์ใดเสื่อมกำลัง เรามิได้ขัดขวางผู้ใด; เราดำเนินอยู่ในสิ่งที่ได้ยินแห่งมนตร์—ในความสดับอันถูกต้อง. ด้วยปีก และด้วยปีกอันค้ำจุน ณ ที่นี้เรารวบรวมตนเข้าด้วยกัน ประสานและยึดมั่นไว้.
Word by Word
नकिःno one, none
नकिः:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनकिस् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक) < PIE *ne-kʷis? (न- + किः ‘कः’)
देवाःthe gods
देवाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
मिनीमसिwe diminish / we harm
मिनीमसि:
Karma (object implied: ‘them/anyone’), with negation
TypeVerb
Root√मी (मि) ‘क्षेपणे/हिंसायाम्’ (वेद. ‘to diminish/impair’); reduplicated stem मिनी-
नकिःno one
नकिः:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनकिस् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
आtowards, unto
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग)
योपयामसिwe ward off / we keep away
योपयामसि:
Karma (object implied: ‘anyone’), with negation
TypeVerb
Root√युप्/√युप् (वेद. योपयति) ‘to keep back, restrain, ward off’ (causative/denominative-like formation)
मन्त्रश्रुत्यम्(in a way) worthy of/connected with hearing the mantra
मन्त्रश्रुत्यम्:
Karma/Adverbial (manner)
TypeAdjective
Rootमन्त्र-श्रुति (समास; मन्त्र + श्रुति) → मन्त्रश्रुत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
चरामसिwe go / we conduct ourselves
चरामसि:
Kartā (we) + Karma (path/way implied)
TypeVerb
Root√चर् ‘to move, to go, to practice’
पक्षेभिःwith wings
पक्षेभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootपक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
अपिकक्षेभिःwith side-feathers / with flanks (lit. ‘with the side-parts’)
अपिकक्षेभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअपि-कक्ष (समास; अपि + कक्ष) → अपिकक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
अत्राभिःwith these here (in this place)
अत्राभिः:
Karaṇa (by/with these here) + Adhikaraṇa nuance from अत्र
TypePronoun/Deictic (with indeclinable)
Rootअत्र (अव्यय) + आभिः (इदम्-प्रातिपदिक ‘इ’/‘अ’ series; instr. pl. fem.)
सम्together, completely
सम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम् (उपसर्ग)
रभामहेwe take hold (of), we grasp
रभामहे:
Kartā (we) + Karma (support/aid implied)
TypeVerb
Root√रभ् ‘to seize, grasp, take hold’
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