Rig Veda 7.50.2: Mandala 7, Sukta 50, Mantra 2

Sukta 7.50

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha

Devata: Agni (as repeller/healer) within an apotropaic frame; protection refrain against tsaru

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (likely; verify)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

यद्विजामन्परुषि वन्दनं भुवदष्ठीवन्तौ परि कुल्फौ च देहत् । अग्निष्टच्छोचन्नप बाधतामितो मा मां पद्येन रपसा विदत्त्सरुः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 7.50.2

Transliteration

yád vijā́man páruṣi vándanaṃ bhúvad aṣṭhī́vantau pári kulpháu ca déhat | agníṣ tát śócan ápa bā́dhatām itó mā́ māṃ padyéna rápasā vidat tsarúḥ ||

Translation

หากโอ ผู้เคลื่อนไหวกว้างไกล มีการรัดตรึงให้พิการเกิดขึ้นตามข้อ จนพันรอบกระดูกข้อเท้าและส้นเท้าแล้วไซร้ ขออัคนีผู้ลุกไหม้ด้วยพลังแห่งรัศมี จงขับมันออกไปจากที่นี้ ขออำนาจอันแสบคมที่ย่องย่างอย่างลับและโถมเข้ารุนแรง อย่าได้พบข้าพเจ้าเลย

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• यत्: which; that (relative)
• यत्: सम्बन्ध/विशेषण (यद्-सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Indeclinable/Relative pronoun
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• विजामन्: in a strange/abnormal state
• विजामन्: अधिकरण (in/at a strange condition/place)
• Type: Noun (abstract) / Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: वि-जामन् (prātipadika; ‘different/strange course/condition’)

• परुषि: at the joint; at a rough/harsh spot
• परुषि: अधिकरण (in/at the joint/rough place)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परुष (prātipadika)

• वन्दनम्: salutation; worship
• वन्दनम्: कर्म (object: ‘salutation/adoration’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन्दन (from √वन्द् ‘to praise, salute’)

• भुवत्: being; becoming
• भुवत्: विधेय (being/coming to be)
• Type: Verb (participial form)
• Root: √भू (भवत्/भुवत् as present participial form used predicatively)

• अष्ठीवन्तौ: the two having bones
• अष्ठीवन्तौ: कर्तृ/विशेषण (describing the two: ‘the two bony ones’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्ठीवत् (prātipadika ‘having bones’)

• परि: around
• परि: उपसर्ग/क्रियाविशेषण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि (upasarga/avyaya)

• कुल्फौ: (two) ankles
• कुल्फौ: कर्म (ankles, as affected part)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल्फ (prātipadika)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (avyaya)

• देहत्: he/it formed; smeared; set
• देहत्: क्रिया (did/placed/smeared/formed)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दिह्/√देह् (Vedic: ‘to smear, plaster; to form/shape’; here finite verb)

• अग्निः: Agni (fire-god)
• अग्निः: कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (prātipadika)

• तत्: that
• तत्: कर्म (that [harm/thing])
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• शोचन्: blazing
• शोचन्: कर्तृ-विशेषण (Agni, ‘blazing’)
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: √शुच्/√शोच् (‘to burn, blaze; to grieve’; here ‘blazing’)

• अप: away; off
• अप: उपसर्ग
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अप (upasarga/avyaya)

• बाधताम्: let him repel; may he drive away
• बाधताम्: क्रिया (may he repel)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √बाध् (‘to press, afflict, repel’)

• इतः: from here
• इतः: अपादान (from here)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इतः (avyaya, ablatival adverb)

• मा: do not
• मा: निषेध
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (prohibitive particle)

• माम्: me
• माम्: कर्म (me)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम् (asmad-pronoun)

• पद्येन: by a step; with the foot
• पद्येन: करण (by/with a step/footing)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद्य (prātipadika; ‘step/footing’, also ‘verse’ in later usage)

• रपसा: with force; violently
• रपसा: करण (with violence/force)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रपस् (prātipadika; ‘violence, sudden force’)

• विदत्त्: found; struck upon
• विदत्त्: क्रिया (found/struck/obtained)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विद् (‘to find, obtain’; Vedic also ‘to know’)

• सरुः: a dart; a missile
• सरुः: कर्ता (as subject of ‘found/struck’ or agent of harm)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरु (prātipadika; a missile/weapon, ‘dart/arrow’)