Rig Veda 7.1.11: Mandala 7, Sukta 1, Mantra 11
Sukta 7.1
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (Vasiṣṭhas)
Devata: Agni
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (likely)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
मा शूने अग्ने नि षदाम नृणां माशेषसोऽवीरता परि त्वा । प्रजावतीषु दुर्यासु दुर्य ॥
Transliteration
mā śū́ne agne ní ṣadāma nṛṇā́ṃ mā́śeṣaso ’vī́ratā pári tvā | prajā́vatīṣu dúryāsu durya ||
Translation
O Agni, let us not sit down in the emptiness of men; let not the state of being without heroes encompass you around us. In homes rich with progeny and right continuance, be our abiding protector.
Word by Word
माdo not
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेध) / mā
शूनेin emptiness; in a desolate place
शूने:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootशून (प्रातिपदिक) / śūna
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक) / agni
निdown; into (as preverb)
नि:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootनि (उपसर्ग) / ni
षदामmay we sit; may we settle
षदाम:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootसद् (धातु) / sad
नृणाम्of men
नृणाम्:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootनृ (प्रातिपदिक) / nṛ
माdo not
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेध) / mā
अशेषसःnot remaining; without remainder; wholly
अशेषसः:
Kartā (of implied verb ‘be/occur’)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-शेष (प्रातिपदिक) / aśeṣa
अवीरताlack of heroes; hero-lessness
अवीरता:
Kartā (of implied verb ‘be/occur’)
TypeNoun (abstract)
Rootअ-वीरता (प्रातिपदिक) / avīratā
परिaround
परि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) / pari
त्वाyou
त्वा:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम) / tvad
प्रजावतीषुamong the progeny-rich (women/households)
प्रजावतीषु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootप्र-जा-वती (प्रातिपदिक) / prajāvatī
दुर्यासुin the houses; in the dwellings
दुर्यासु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootदुर्या (प्रातिपदिक) / duryā
दुर्यः(one) belonging to the house; domestic
दुर्यः:
Kartā (of implied verb ‘be/occur’)
TypeAdjective
Rootदुर्य (प्रातिपदिक) / durya
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