Rig Veda 2.7.2: Mandala 2, Sukta 7, Mantra 2
Sukta 2.7
Rishi: Gṛtsamada (Bhārgava)
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Gāyatrī
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
मा नो अरातिरीशत देवस्य मर्त्यस्य च । पर्षि तस्या उत द्विषः ॥
Transliteration
mā́ no arā́tir īśata devásya mártyasya ca | párṣi tásyā uta dvíṣaḥ ||
Translation
ขออย่าให้ฤทธิ์อันเป็นศัตรูแห่งความขัดสนและอำนาจอันผิดธรรมครอบงำเรา—ไม่ว่ามาจากฝ่ายเทพหรือจากปุถุชน; ขอทรงพาเราข้ามพ้นสิ่งนั้น และข้ามพ้นเหล่าผู้เกลียดชังด้วยเถิด.
Word by Word
माnot; do not
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेध) / mā́
नःto/for us; of us
नः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
अरातिःharm; hostility; mischief
अरातिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअराति- (प्रातिपदिक) < a-rāti (non-giving, harm)
ईशतmay (it) rule/prevail over
ईशत:
—
TypeVerb
Rootईश्
देवस्यof the god
देवस्य:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव-
मर्त्यस्यof the mortal
मर्त्यस्य:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootमर्त्य-
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
पर्षिcarry across; save; protect
पर्षि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootपॄ (पॄ/पृ) ‘to carry over, bring across, save’
तस्याःfrom that (harm/hostility)
तस्याः:
Apādāna (source: ‘from that/her’ in sense ‘from it’)
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
उतand also; moreover
उत:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत
द्विषःfrom the enemy; from the hater
द्विषः:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootद्विष् (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक: द्विष् → द्विष्- ‘hater, enemy’)
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