Rig Veda 8.67.21: Mandala 8, Sukta 67, Mantra 21

Sukta 8.67

Devata: Ādityas

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

वि षु द्वेषो व्यंहतिमादित्यासो वि संहितम् । विष्वग्वि वृहता रपः ॥

Transliteration

ví ṣu dvéṣo vyàṃhatím ādityāso ví saṃhítam | viṣvág ví vṛhatā ráp aḥ ||

Translation

Scatter far away hatred and distress, O Ādityas; break apart what is compacted and knotted; drive off in all directions the oppressive affliction.

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Word by Word

• वि: apart, asunder, widely
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि- (उपसर्ग) / प्रादि

• षु: indeed, quickly, straightway (emphatic particle)
• षु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: षु (निपात) / प्रादि

• द्वेषः: hatred, hostility
• द्वेषः: Kartā (with implied verb ‘is/acts’ or as object of removal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वेष (प्रातिपदिक; from √द्विष् ‘to hate’)

• वि: apart, away
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि- (उपसर्ग)

• अंहतिम्: distress, harm, oppression
• अंहतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंहति (प्रातिपदिक; from अंहस् ‘distress, sin’ / √अंह्)

• आदित्याः: the Ādityas (solar deities)
• आदित्याः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• वि: apart, away
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि- (उपसर्ग)

• संहितम्: the compacted/combined (mass), what is joined together
• संहितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective (used substantively) / Kṛdanta
• Root: संहित (कृदन्त/विशेषण; from सम्+√धा ‘to put together’ → ‘joined, compact’)

• विष्वक्: on all sides, in every direction
• विष्वक्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विष्वक् (अव्यय)

• वि: apart, asunder
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि- (उपसर्ग)

• वृहता: by/with the great (power), mightily
• वृहता: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृहत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• रपः: injury, harm, affliction
• रपः: Karma (thing affected/removed; or subject in nominal style)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रपस् (प्रातिपदिक)