Rig Veda 8.101.4: Mandala 8, Sukta 101, Mantra 4
Sukta 8.101
Rishi: Kāṇva tradition (probable for RV 8.101; exact seer not provided in input)
Devata: Mitra–Varuṇa (continued protective appeal)
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; verification needed)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
न यः सम्पृच्छे न पुनर्हवीतवे न संवादाय रमते । तस्मान्नो अद्य समृतेरुरुष्यतं बाहुभ्यां न उरुष्यतम् ॥
Transliteration
ná yáḥ sampṛ́cche ná púnar havītáve ná saṃvādā́ya rámate | tásmān no adyá sámṛter uruṣyatam bāhúbhyāṃ na uruṣyatam ||
Translation
He who neither consults nor returns to call again, who takes no joy in true accord—save us today from that false joining; with your arms of power protect us, protect us.
Word by Word
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
यःwho (he who)
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (य-प्रातिपदिक)
सम्together, completely
सम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootसम्
पृच्छेI ask / I inquire
पृच्छे:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√पृच्छ् (पृच्छति)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
पुनःagain
पुनः:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः
हवीतवेto invoke, to call (for)
हवीतवे:
Sampradāna (purpose)
TypeVerb (infinitive)
Root√ह्वा (ह्वयति) / √हू (जुहोति) → हवीतव (infinitive-stem)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
संtogether
सं:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootसम्
वादायfor conversation, for speaking
वादाय:
Sampradāna (purpose)
TypeNoun
Rootवाद (प्रातिपदिक)
रमतेhe delights / he takes pleasure
रमते:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√रम् (रमते)
तस्मात्from that (therefore)
तस्मात्:
Apādāna
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (स-प्रातिपदिक)
नःof us / for us
नः:
Sampradāna (beneficiary/possessor)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
अद्यtoday, now
अद्य:
Adhikaraṇa (time)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य
समृतेःfrom the encounter/strife
समृतेः:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootसमृति (प्रातिपदिक; सम्+√ऋ/√अर्? ‘meeting/encounter’, ‘conflict/press’ in Vedic usage)
उरुष्यतम्protect (you two)
उरुष्यतम्:
Kartā (imperative addressed to two)
TypeVerb
Root√उरुष्य् (उरुष्यति ‘to protect, to save’)
बाहुभ्याम्with (your) two arms
बाहुभ्याम्:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootबाहु (प्रातिपदिक)
नःus
नः:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
उरुष्यतम्protect (you two)
उरुष्यतम्:
Kartā (imperative addressed to two)
TypeVerb
Root√उरुष्य्
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