Rig Veda 5.70.4: Mandala 5, Sukta 70, Mantra 4
Sukta 5.70
Rishi: Atri (Ātreya)
Devata: Mitra-Varuṇa (or Ādityas broadly), addressed with epithet adbhutakratū
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
मा कस्याद्भुतक्रतू यक्षं भुजेमा तनूभिः । मा शेषसा मा तनसा ॥
Transliteration
mā́ kásyādbhutakratū yakṣáṃ bhujemā tanū́bhiḥ | mā́ śéṣasā mā́ tánasā ||
Translation
O you of wondrous will, let us not partake—within our embodied being—of any harmful visitation or affliction; not by remnant weakness, not by failing of our substance.
Word by Word
माdo not; lest
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेध) / mā́
कस्यof anyone; of some (unknown)
कस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootक (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / ka-
अद्भुतक्रतूO you two of wondrous resolve/power
अद्भुतक्रतू:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative epithet)
Rootअद्भुत-क्रतु (समास-प्रातिपदिक) / adbhuta-krátu-
यक्षम्a marvel; a wondrous thing
यक्षम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootयक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) / yakṣá-
भुजेमmay we enjoy/partake
भुजेम:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootभुज् / bhuj
माnot; lest
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेध) / mā́
तनूभिःwith (our) bodies/persons
तनूभिः:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootतनू (प्रातिपदिक) / tanū́-
माnot; lest
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेध) / mā́
शेषसाwith what is left; by remainder
शेषसा:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootशेष (प्रातिपदिक) / śéṣa-
माnot; lest
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेध) / mā́
तनसाwith the body; by the person/self
तनसा:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootतन (प्रातिपदिक) / tana-
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