Rig Veda 2.38.9: Mandala 2, Sukta 38, Mantra 9
Sukta 2.38
Rishi: Gṛtsamada (Bhārgava)
Devata: Savitṛ
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
न यस्येन्द्रो वरुणो न मित्रो व्रतमर्यमा न मिनन्ति रुद्रः । नारातयस्तमिदं स्वस्ति हुवे देवं सवितारं नमोभिः ॥
Transliteration
na yasyéndro varúṇo ná mitró vratám aryamā́ ná minánti rudráḥ | nā́rātayas tám idáṃ svastí huv́e deváṃ savitā́raṃ námo-bhiḥ ||
Translation
其正法之誓律，不为因陀罗（Indra）所减，不为伐楼那所减，不为密特罗（Mitra）所减，不为阿梨耶曼（Aryaman）所减，亦不为鲁陀罗（Rudra）所减；敌对之力也不能攻破它：为我等安泰，我在此以敬礼之行呼请那位神——萨维特ṛ。
Word by Word
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
यस्यof whom/whose
यस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
कर्तृ (as subject of ‘does not violate’)
TypeNoun (proper deity-name)
Rootइन्द्र
वरुणःVaruṇa
वरुणः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (proper deity-name)
Rootवरुण
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
मित्रःMitra
मित्रः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (proper deity-name)
Rootमित्र
व्रतम्vow; ordinance; sacred law
व्रतम्:
कर्म (object of ‘violate’)
TypeNoun
Rootव्रत
अर्यमाAryaman
अर्यमा:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (proper deity-name)
Rootअर्यमन् (प्रातिपदिक: अर्यमा-)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
मिनन्तिthey violate; they transgress
मिनन्ति:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootमिन् (धातु) / मि- (हिंसादौ/क्षेपे) → ‘to diminish, violate’
रुद्रःRudra
रुद्रः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (proper deity-name)
Rootरुद्र
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
अरातयःhostilities; harms; malevolent forces
अरातयः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootअराति
तम्him
तम्:
कर्म (object of ‘call/invoke’)
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इदम्this; here
इदम्:
अधिकारण/देश (adverbial)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
स्वस्तिwell-being; welfare; auspiciously
स्वस्ति:
प्रयोजन/आशीः (benedictive sense)
TypeIndeclinable/Noun (fixed auspicious formula)
Rootस्वस्ति
हुवेI invoke; I call
हुवे:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootहू (धातु) ‘to call, invoke’
देवम्the god
देवम्:
कर्म (apposition to ‘tam’)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootदेव
सवितारम्Savitṛ
सवितारम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun (proper deity-name)
Rootसवितृ (प्रातिपदिक: सवितार्/सवितृ)
नमोभिःwith obeisances; with reverences
नमोभिः:
करण (instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootनमस्
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
Cross References
Yogic Application
Chanting Notes
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