Mantra 6

Sukta 36

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अया ह त्यं मायया वावृधानं मनोजुवा स्वतवः पर्वतेन । अच्युता चिद् वीलिता स्वोजो रुजो वि दृह्ला धृषता विरप्शिन्

IAST Transliteration

ayā́ ha tyáṃ māyáyā vāvṛdhānáṃ manojúvā svatavaḥ párvatena | acyútā cid vīḷitā svòjo rujó ví dṛhḷā dhṛ́ṣatā vírapśin

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

By this, verily, that one—waxing great through wondrous craft, thought-swift, self-strong, as with a mountain—though the unshaken be compacted, he, of native might, the breaker, with daring, sunders the stubborn fastnesses, far-working.

Translation

بهذا حقًّا ذاك—الذي يَعظُمُ بحيلةٍ عجيبة (māyā)، سريعُ الفكر، قويٌّ بذاته، كأنّه بجبلٍ—وإن كان غيرُ المتزعزعِ مُحكَمَ التراصّ، فهو بقوّته الفطرية، الكاسرُ، وبجرأةٍ، يَشُقُّ الحصونَ الصلبةَ العصيّة، البعيدَ الأثرِ في عمله.

Word by Word

• अया: by this (means), with this
• अया: करण
• Type: Pronoun (demonstrative)
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / अयम्-स्त्री.

• ह: indeed, surely
• ह: —
• Type: Indeclinable (particle)
• Root: ह (निपात)

• त्यम्: that (one), him
• त्यम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun (demonstrative)
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मायया: by (his) magic/power, through illusion
• मायया: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया (प्रातिपदिक)

• वावृधानम्: growing, increasing, being strengthened
• वावृधानम्: कर्म (त्यम् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Participle (verbal adjective)
• Root: वृध् (धातु) → वावृधान (कृदन्त, शतृ/क्विप्-प्रायः; परस्मैपद-परिप्रेक्ष्ये ‘वर्धमान’)

• मनोजुव: mind-swift, impelled by the mind
• मनोजुव: कर्म (विशेषण-रूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनस् + जू (धातु ‘to impel/drive’) → मनोजु (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वतवः: of own strength, self-mighty
• स्वतवः: कर्म (विशेषण-रूपेण)
• Type: Adjective/Noun (epithet)
• Root: स्वतवस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘स्व-तवस्’ = own strength)

• पर्वतेन: with/like a mountain; by a mountain
• पर्वतेन: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)

• अच्युता: unshaken, unfailing
• अच्युता: कर्तृ (अग्रेस्थितस्य क्रियापदस्य/वाक्यस्य विशेषण-रूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अच्युत (प्रातिपदिक; a- + च्युत ‘fallen’)

• चित्: even, indeed
• चित्: —
• Type: Indeclinable (particle)
• Root: चित् (निपात)

• वीलिता: rolled up/compacted; coiled
• वीलिता: कर्तृ (विशेषण-रूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीलित (प्रातिपदिक; √वील्/√वेल् ‘to press/roll/coil’ इत्यादि—वैदिके ‘वीलित’ = ‘rolled/compacted/closed’)

• स्वोजः: having own vigor; self-strong
• स्वोजः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective/Noun (epithet)
• Root: स्वोजस् (प्रातिपदिक; स्व + ओजस्)

• रुजः: breaker, crusher; (one who) shatters
• रुजः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: रुज् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘breaking, crushing’ / ‘disease-pain’—वैदिके ‘रुज’ = ‘breaker’)

• वि: apart, asunder, forth
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• दृह्लाः: the stubborn/firm (ones), the hard (foes/obstacles)
• दृह्लाः: कर्म
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: दृह्ल (प्रातिपदिक; वैदिक ‘दृह्ल’ = दृढ/कठोर/दृढ-शत्रु-समूहः; ‘stubborn/firm’)

• धृषता: boldly, with daring
• धृषता: करण (भावे) / क्रियाविशेषण
• Type: Participle used adverbially
• Root: धृष् (धातु ‘to be bold/dare’) → धृषत् (कृदन्त) / अथवा धृषता (तृतीया एकवचनम् ‘धृषत्’)

• वि: apart, asunder
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• रप्शिन्: rending, tearing; the rending one
• रप्शिन्: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: रप्शिन् (प्रातिपदिक; वैदिक विशेषण—‘रप्शिन्’ = ‘tearing/rending, sharp’)

Attribution

Rishi: Attributed in AV 20 largely to Ṛgvedic seers for Indra hymns (RV provenance); specific r̥ṣi for this verse follows the RV hymn-source attribution.

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (RV-style; AV 20 is predominantly RV meters)

Mantra Rasa

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