{
  "id": "rigveda/8.31.17",
  "url": "https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.31.17/",
  "work": {
    "key": "rigveda",
    "title": "Ṛgveda Saṃhitā"
  },
  "ref": "8.31.17",
  "speaker": "Addressed to Praise of the Sacrificer and His Wife",
  "sanskrit": {
    "text": "नकि॒ष्टं कर्म॑णा नश॒न्न प्र यो॑ष॒न्न यो॑षति दे॒वानां॒ य इन्मनो॑ ।\nयज॑मान॒ इय॑क्षति अ॒भीदय॑ज्वनो भुवत् ॥",
    "script": "Deva",
    "accented": true
  },
  "transliteration": {
    "text": "nákiṣ ṭáṃ kármaṇā naśat ná prá yoṣan ná yoṣati devā́nāṃ yá ín máno |\nyájamāna íyakṣati abhī́d áyajvano bhuvat ||",
    "scheme": "IAST"
  },
  "words": [
    {
      "word": "nakiḥ",
      "meaning": "no one",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "tam",
      "meaning": "him",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "karmaṇā",
      "meaning": "by deed",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "naśat",
      "meaning": "may destroy",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "na",
      "meaning": "not",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "pra",
      "meaning": "forth",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "yoṣat",
      "meaning": "may be lost",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "na",
      "meaning": "not",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "yoṣati",
      "meaning": "may be lost",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "devānām",
      "meaning": "of the gods",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "yaḥ",
      "meaning": "who",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "it",
      "meaning": "indeed",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "manaḥ",
      "meaning": "mind",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "yajamānaḥ",
      "meaning": "the sacrificer",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "iyakṣati",
      "meaning": "goes to honour",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "abhi",
      "meaning": "toward",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "it",
      "meaning": "indeed",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "ayajvanaḥ",
      "meaning": "non-sacrificer",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "word": "bhuvat",
      "meaning": "becomes",
      "lang": "en"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "hi",
      "text": "कोई उसे कर्म से नष्ट न करे, न बाहर धकेले, न खो जाए, न खोया जाए; देवों में जिसका मन है, यजमान उनकी सेवा करता है; वह अयज्ञ करने वाले से श्रेष्ठ हो जाता है।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ta",
      "text": "எவரும் அவனை செயலால் அழிக்கட்டும்; வெளியே தள்ளப்படாமல், தொலையாமல், இழக்கப்படாமல்; தேவர்களில் மனம் யாருடையதோ, யஜமானன் போற்றுகிறான்; அவன் யஜ்ஞம் செய்யாதவனைவிட மேலானவனாகிறான்.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "te",
      "text": "ఎవ్వరూ అతడిని కార్యంతో నాశనం చేయకూడదు, బయటకు నెట్టకూడదు, తప్పిపోకూడదు, పోగొట్టుకోకూడదు; దేవతలలో ఎవరి మనస్సు ఉన్నదో, యజమానుడు ఆరాధిస్తాడు; అతడు యజ్ఞం చేయనివాని కంటే ఉత్తముడవుతాడు.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "kn",
      "text": "ಯಾರೂ ಅವನನ್ನು ಕರ್ಮದಿಂದ ನಾಶಮಾಡದಿರಲಿ, ಹೊರಗೆ ತಳ್ಳದಿರಲಿ, ಕಳೆದುಹೋಗದಿರಲಿ, ಕಳೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳದಿರಲಿ; ದೇವತೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಯಾರ ಮನಸ್ಸು ಇದೆಯೋ, ಯಜಮಾನನು ಆರಾಧಿಸುತ್ತಾನೆ; ಯಜ್ಞ ಮಾಡದವನಿಗಿಂತ ಅವನು ಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠನಾಗುತ್ತಾನೆ.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ml",
      "text": "ആരും അവനെ പ്രവൃത്തിയാൽ നശിപ്പിക്കരുത്, പുറത്താക്കരുത്, നഷ്ടപ്പെടരുത്, നഷ്ടപ്പെടുത്തരുത്; ദേവന്മാരിൽ ആരുടെ മനസ്സുണ്ടോ, യജമാനൻ ആരാധിക്കുന്നു; യജ്ഞം ചെയ്യാത്തവനെക്കാൾ അവൻ ഉന്നതനാകുന്നു.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "bn",
      "text": "কেউ যেন তাকে কর্মে বিনষ্ট না করে, বাইরে না ঠেলে, হারিয়ে না যায়, হারানো না হয়; দেবতাদের প্রতি যার মন, যজমান সেবা করে; সে অযজ্ঞকারীর চেয়ে শ্রেষ্ঠ হয়।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "mr",
      "text": "कोणीही त्याला कर्माने नष्ट करू नये, बाहेर ढकलू नये, हरवू नये, गमावू नये; देवांमध्ये ज्याचे मन आहे, यजमान उपासना करतो; तो अयज्ञ करणाऱ्यापेक्षा श्रेष्ठ होतो.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "gu",
      "text": "કોઈ તેને કર્મથી નષ્ટ ન કરે, બહાર ન ધકેલે, ખોવાય નહિ, ગુમાવાય નહિ; દેવોમાં જેનું મન છે, યજમાન આરાધના કરે છે; અયજ્ઞ કરનાર કરતાં તે શ્રેષ્ઠ બને છે.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "pa",
      "text": "ਕੋਈ ਉਸਨੂੰ ਕਰਮ ਨਾਲ ਨਾਸ਼ ਨਾ ਕਰੇ, ਬਾਹਰ ਨਾ ਧੱਕੇ, ਗੁੰਮ ਨਾ ਹੋਵੇ, ਗੁਆਇਆ ਨਾ ਜਾਵੇ; ਦੇਵਤਿਆਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਜਿਸਦਾ ਮਨ ਹੈ, ਯਜਮਾਨ ਸੇਵਾ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ; ਉਹ ਅਯਜ੍ਞ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲੇ ਨਾਲੋਂ ਉੱਤਮ ਹੋ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "or",
      "text": "କେହି ତାଙ୍କୁ କର୍ମରେ ନଷ୍ଟ ନ କରନ୍ତୁ, ବାହାରକୁ ନ ଠେଲନ୍ତୁ, ହଜି ନ ଯାଉ, ହରାଯାଉ ନାହିଁ; ଦେବତାଙ୍କଠି ଯାହାର ମନ, ଯଜମାନ ସେବା କରେ; ସେ ଅଯଜ୍ଞକାରୀଠାରୁ ଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ ହୁଏ।",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ur",
      "text": "کوئی اسے عمل سے ہلاک نہ کرے، باہر نہ دھکیلے، کھویا نہ جائے، گم نہ ہو؛ دیوتاؤں میں جس کا من ہے، یجمان عبادت کرتا ہے؛ وہ غیر یجنی سے برتر ہو جاتا ہے۔",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "text": "Let no one destroy him by deed, nor thrust him out, nor let him be lost or made to be lost; the sacrificer whose mind is on the gods honours them, and he becomes superior to the non-sacrificer.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "text": "Que nadie lo destruya por sus obras, ni lo aparte, ni se pierda ni sea hecho perderse; el sacrificador cuya mente está en los dioses los honra, y se vuelve superior al que no sacrifica.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "fr",
      "text": "Que nul ne le détruise par son acte, ni ne le repousse, qu'il ne se perde pas ni ne soit perdu ; le sacrifiant dont l'esprit est tourné vers les dieux les honore, et il devient supérieur à celui qui n'offre pas.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "de",
      "text": "Niemand möge ihn durch Tat vernichten, nicht hinausstoßen, nicht verloren gehen oder verloren gemacht werden; der Opferer, dessen Sinn auf die Götter gerichtet ist, ehrt sie, und er wird dem Nicht-Opferer überlegen.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "pt",
      "text": "Que ninguém o destrua por suas obras, nem o afaste, nem se perca ou seja feito perder-se; o sacrificador cuja mente está nos deuses os honra, e torna-se superior ao que não sacrifica.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ru",
      "text": "Пусть никто не погубит его деянием, не отвергнет, не будет он потерян и не будет потерян; жрец, чей ум устремлён к богам, почитает их, и он становится выше не совершающего жертвоприношения.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "zh",
      "text": "愿无人以行为毁他，不将他推开，不使他失落，也不被人使之失落；心系诸神的祭祀者敬奉他们，他便胜过不献祭之人。",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ja",
      "text": "誰も彼を行為によって滅ぼさぬように、彼を追い払わぬように、彼が失われぬように、失わしめられぬように。神々に心を向ける供犠者は神々を敬い、供犠をしない者より優れた者となる。",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "ar",
      "text": "فلا يهلكه أحد بفعله، ولا يطرده، ولا يضيع، ولا يُضيَّع؛ فالمُقرِّب الذي قلبه متعلق بالآلهة يكرمهم، ويصير أفضل من غير المُقرِّب.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "id",
      "text": "Semoga tidak seorang pun membinasakannya dengan perbuatan, tidak mendorongnya pergi, tidak ia hilang atau dibuat hilang; sang pengorban yang pikirannya tertuju pada para dewa memuliakan mereka, dan ia menjadi lebih unggul daripada yang tidak berkurban.",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    },
    {
      "lang": "th",
      "text": "ขออย่าให้ผู้ใดทำลายท่านด้วยการกระทำ ขออย่าให้ผู้ใดขับไล่ท่านออกไป หรือให้ท่านสูญหายหรือถูกทำให้สูญหาย ผู้บูชาที่มีใจอยู่กับเทพทั้งหลายย่อมให้เกียรติเทพเหล่านั้น และย่อมเหนือกว่าผู้ที่ไม่บูชา",
      "translator": "Vedyatra working draft (AI)",
      "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
      "status": "machine",
      "statusLabel": "Machine draft"
    }
  ],
  "commentary": [],
  "source": {
    "edition": "Ṛgveda Saṃhitā, accented text and word analysis of the University of Zurich, via VedaWeb (University of Cologne)",
    "license": "CC BY 4.0"
  },
  "topics": [
    "sacrifice",
    "reward",
    "protection",
    "devotion"
  ],
  "citation": "Ṛgveda Saṃhitā 8.31.17. Vedyatra, https://vedyatra.org/verses/rigveda/8.31.17/"
}