Rig Veda 10.73.2 - Mandala 10, Sukta 73, Mantra 2

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Rig Veda 10.73.2: Mandala 10, Sukta 73, Mantra 2

Sukta 10.73

Rishi: Likely Gaurivīti Śāktya (traditional Anukramaṇī attribution for RV 10.73; verify against specific śākhā lists)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Trishtubh (probable for RV 10.73; verify per pada count in critical edition)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

द्रुहो निषत्ता पृशनी चिदेवैः पुरू शंसेन वावृधुष्ट इन्द्रम् । अभीवृतेव ता महापदेन ध्वान्तात्प्रपित्वादुदरन्त गर्भाः ॥

Transliteration

druho níṣattā pṛśanī cíd eváiḥ purū́ śáṃsena vāvṛdhuṣ ṭá índram | abhívṛtā́-iva tā́ mahāpadéna dhvā́ntāt prapitvā́d úd aranta gárbhāḥ ||

Translation

অন্ধকাৰত আসীন দ্ৰুহোও, আৰু পৃশনীও—দেৱশক্তিসকলৰ দ্বাৰা—বহু শংসা (স্তৱ)ৰে ইন্দ্ৰক বৃদ্ধি কৰিলে। যেন আৱৃত, সেই গোপন গৰ্ভসমূহ মহাপদে (মহা-পদক্ষেপে) অন্ধকাৰৰ পৰা, অধঃ-আৱৰণৰ পৰা, ওপৰলৈ উঠি আহিল।

Word by Word

द्रुहःthe (hostile) deceivers / injurers

निषत्ताःhaving sat down; seated (in ambush)

पृशनीPṛśnī (a divine mother/cow)

चित्even; indeed

एवैःwith these (very ones)

पुरूmuch; abundant

शंसेनwith praise; by laudation

वावृधुःthey have increased; they strengthened

उष्टेthe desired/pleasing

इन्द्रम्Indra

अभीवृतेवas if covered/overwhelmed

ताःthose (fem.)

महापदेनwith a great step/stride

ध्वान्तात्from darkness

प्रपित्वात्from close kinship/near connection (i.e., from what was intimate/entangling)

उद्up; out

अरन्तthey set in motion; they raised/produced

गर्भाःembryos; inner beings (germs)

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