Rig Veda 7.56.9: Mandala 7, Sukta 56, Mantra 9

Sukta 7.56

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha

Devata: Marutaḥ

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; verify)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

सनेम्यस्मद्युयोत दिद्युं मा वो दुर्मतिरिह प्रणङ्नः ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 7.56.9

Transliteration

sanémi asmád yuyóta didyúṃ mā́ vo durmatír ihá práṇaṅ naḥ ||

Translation

ہم سے دور کر دے اس چمکتی مار کو؛ بری نیت ہم پر حملہ نہ کرے۔

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Word by Word

• सनेमि: may I win / I win
• सनेमि: Kartā (speaker as agent) / main predicate
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सन् (san) ‘to gain, win’

• अस्मत्: from us
• अस्मत्: Apādāna (source/point of separation) with युयोत
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (1st person pronoun stem)

• युयोत: keep away / ward off
• युयोत: Main predicate (command) addressed to ‘you’ (deity)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √यु (yu) ‘to separate, keep away’

• दिद्युम्: the missile/bolt
• दिद्युम्: Karma (object) of युयोत
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिद्यु- (prātipadika) ‘missile/bolt; flashing weapon; lightning-like dart’

• मा: do not / lest
• मा: Negation marker (sentence-level)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (prohibitive particle)

• वः: of you / your
• वः: Śeṣa (genitival relation) qualifying दुर्मतिः
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (2nd person pronoun stem)

• दुर्मतिः: evil intent / ill-will
• दुर्मतिः: Kartā (agent) of प्रणङ् (as subject: ‘ill-will’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्- + मति- (prātipadika) ‘bad thought, ill-will, evil intent’

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa (location) of the action ‘approach/attack’
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (deictic adverb)

• प्र: forth, forward (preverb)
• प्र: Preverb (modifies verb meaning)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (preverb)

• नङ्: may (it) not reach/assail
• नङ्: Main predicate under prohibition
• Type: Verb
• Root: √नङ्/नश् (naṅ/naś) ‘to reach, come upon, attack’ (Vedic)

• नः: us
• नः: Karma (object) of (प्र)नङ्
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (1st person pronoun stem)