Rig Veda 2.27.14: Mandala 2, Sukta 27, Mantra 14
Sukta 2.27
Rishi: Gṛtsamada (traditional)
Devata: Aditi, Mitra, Varuṇa; Indra also invoked
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अदिते मित्र वरुणोत मृळ यद्वो वयं चकृमा कच्चिदागः । उर्वश्यामभयं ज्योतिरिन्द्र मा नो दीर्घा अभि नशन्तमिस्राः ॥
Transliteration
áditē mítra váruṇóta mṛḷa yád vo vayáṃ cakṛmá kác cid ā́gaḥ | urváśyām abháyaṃ jyótiḥ índra mā́ no dīrghā́ abhí naśan támisrāḥ ||
Translation
阿底提啊，密特拉、伐楼那啊，请垂怜：若我们曾对你们犯下任何过失。因陀罗啊，愿我们扩展而入无畏之光；莫让漫长的黑暗压迫我们、使我们毁灭。
Word by Word
अदितेO Aditi
अदिते:
सम्बोधन (address)
TypeNoun (proper/address)
Rootअदिति- (प्रातिपदिक)
मित्रO Mitra
मित्र:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (proper/address)
Rootमित्र- (प्रातिपदिक)
वरुणःVaruṇa
वरुणः:
कर्तृ (invoked agent) / विषय
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootवरुण- (प्रातिपदिक)
उतand, also
उत:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत (निपात)
मृळbe gracious / show mercy
मृळ:
क्रिया (प्रार्थना)
TypeVerb
Rootमृळ् (धातु; ‘to be gracious/merciful’)
यत्whatever / that which
यत्:
कर्म (चकृमा इत्यस्य)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वःof you / your
वः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
वयम्we
वयम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (निपात)
चकृमाwe have done
चकृमा:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
कच्चित्whether indeed / perhaps
कच्चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकच्चित् (निपात; किम्+चित्)
आगःan offence, sin
आगः:
कर्म/विषय (अपराध-विषय)
TypeNoun
Rootआगस्- (प्रातिपदिक)
उर्वश्याम्Urvāśī (as object of prayer/attainment)
उर्वश्याम्:
कर्म (प्राप्तव्य/प्रार्थ्य)
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootउर्वशी- (प्रातिपदिक)
अभयम्fearlessness, safety
अभयम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootअ-भय- (प्रातिपदिक)
ज्योतिःlight
ज्योतिः:
कर्म/फल
TypeNoun
Rootज्योतिस्- (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (proper/address)
Rootइन्द्र- (प्रातिपदिक)
माdo not
मा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (निषेध)
नःus / for us
नः:
सम्प्रदान (to us) / सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
दीर्घाःlong, prolonged
दीर्घाः:
कर्तृ (with अमिस्राः)
TypeAdjective
Rootदीर्घ- (प्रातिपदिक)
अभिupon, against
अभि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
नशन्तुlet (them) perish / vanish
नशन्तु:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootनश् (धातु; ‘to perish, be destroyed’)
अमिस्राःdarknesses, black nights (glooms)
अमिस्राः:
कर्तृ (नशन्तु इत्यस्य)
TypeNoun/Adjective (collective)
Rootअमिस्र- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘unmixed, dark’—RV usage for ‘darknesses’)
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