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Rig Veda 6.20.3: Mandala 6, Sukta 20, Mantra 3

Sukta 6.20

Rishi: Bharadvāja Bārhaspatya (trad.)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

तूर्वन्नोजीयान्तवसस्तवीयान्कृतब्रह्मेन्द्रो वृद्धमहाः । राजाभवन्मधुनः सोम्यस्य विश्वासां यत्पुरां दर्त्नुमावत् ॥

tū́rvan ójīyān tavásas tavī́yān kṛtá-brahméndro vṛddhá-mahā́ḥ | rājā́bhavan mádhunaḥ sómyasya víśvāsāṃ yát purā́ṃ dartnúm ā́vat ||

দমনকাৰী, অধিক বলবান, তীব্ৰতাত তীব্ৰতৰ—মন্ত্রে সত্যকৃত ব্ৰহ্ম যাৰ—সেই ইন্দ্ৰ মহত্ত্বত বৃদ্ধি পাই বৃহৎ মহিমালৈ উঠিল। সোমৰ মধুৰসত তেওঁ ৰজা হ’ল, যেতিয়া তেওঁ সকলো নগৰৰ দৃঢ় দুৰ্গসমূহ চূর্ণ কৰিলে।

तूर्वन्(O Indra,) the overpowering one
तूर्वन्:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (agent noun)
Rootतुर् (धातु) / तूर्वन् (प्रातिपदिक)
ओजीयान्stronger
ओजीयान्:
कर्तृ (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective (comparative)
Rootओजस् (प्रातिपदिक) → ओजीयस् (तुलनात्मक)
तवसःof strength / of might
तवसः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootतवस् (प्रातिपदिक)
तवीयान्mightier
तवीयान्:
कर्तृ (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective (comparative)
Rootतवस् (प्रातिपदिक) → तवीयस् (तुलनात्मक)
कृतब्रह्माone for whom the sacred formulation (brahman) is made / praised with hymns
कृतब्रह्मा:
कर्तृ (विशेषणम्)
TypeNoun (compound)
Rootकृत (कृ-धातोः क्त) + ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
वृद्धम्grown, increased, exalted
वृद्धम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective (past participle used adjectivally)
Rootवृध् (धातु) → वृद्ध (क्त) / वृद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
अहाःyou spoke/proclaimed (it)
अहाः:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootअह् (धातु; Vedic aorist) / √अह् ‘to say’ (Vedic usage)
राजाking
राजा:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootराजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
अभवत्became
अभवत्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
मधुनःof sweetness / of honey
मधुनः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootमधु (प्रातिपदिक)
सोम्यस्यof the Soma(-like), of Soma
सोम्यस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeAdjective
Rootसोम्य (प्रातिपदिक; from सोम)
विश्वासाम्of all
विश्वासाम्:
सम्बन्ध (genitive)
TypeAdjective (pronominal adjective)
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
यत्which (that)
यत्:
कर्म (correlative)
TypeRelative pronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम)
पुराम्fortresses, strongholds
पुराम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootपुर्/पुरी (प्रातिपदिक)
दर्त्नुम्the cleft/obstruction (as a barrier)
दर्त्नुम्:
कर्म (appositional/object)
TypeNoun
Rootदर्त्नु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘cleft/bolt/obstacle’, Vedic)
आवत्helped, favored, aided
आवत्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootअव् (धातु) with आ- (prefix)

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