Rig Veda 8.32.3 — Mandala 8, Sukta 32, Mantra 3
Sukta 8.32
Rishi: Kaṇva
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; needs metrical audit)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
न्यर्बुदस्य विष्टपं वर्ष्माणं बृहतस्तिर । कृषे तदिन्द्र पौंस्यम् ॥
Transliteration
ny àrbúdasya viṣṭápaṃ varṣmā́ṇaṃ bṛhatás tira | kṛṣé tád indra páuṃsyam ||
Translation
لقد أسقطتَ حصنَ أَرْبُدا، الكتلةَ المتورّمةَ من العائق العظيم؛ وجعلتَه للكسر—تلك هي فحولتُك، يا إندرا، التي تُطهِّر السَّعة ممّا يسدّها.
Word by Word
निdown, forth (as preverb)
नि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनि (upasarga)
अर्बुदस्यof Arbuda (a foe/demon/serpent-name)
अर्बुदस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
TypeNoun
Rootअर्बुद (प्रातिपदिक)
विष्टपम्seat, abode, station
विष्टपम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootविष्टप (प्रातिपदिक) < वि-स्तप्/स्तभ् (etym. ‘support/seat’)
वर्ष्माणम्height, bulk, eminence
वर्ष्माणम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवर्ष्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
बृहतःof the great one (i.e., of the great foe/being)
बृहतः:
सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
TypeAdjective (used substantively) / Noun-epithet
Rootबृहन्त् (प्रातिपदिक)
तिरःacross, over, beyond
तिरः:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
कृषेthou hast overcome/dragged down (lit. ‘ploughed through’)
कृषे:
— (finite verb)
TypeVerb
Rootकृष् (धातु)
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
पौंस्यम्manly power, heroism
पौंस्यम्:
Karma (apposition to तत्)
TypeNoun
Rootपौंस्य (प्रातिपदिक) < पुंस् ‘man’
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