Mantra 6

Sukta 38

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

इन्द्रो दीर्घाय चक्षस आ सूर्यं रोहयद् दिवि। वि गोभिरद्रिमैरयत्

IAST Transliteration

índro dīrghā́ya cákṣasa ā́ sū́ryaṃ rohayan diví | ví góbhir ádrim airayat

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Indra, for long-enduring sight, made the Sun mount up in heaven; and with the Cows he thrust the Rock apart.

Translation

ইন্দ্র দীর্ঘস্থায়ী দৃষ্টির জন্য সূর্যকে দিবি (আকাশে) আরোহণ করালেন; আর গোভিঃ (গাভীসমূহ) সহ তিনি অদ্রি (শিলা/পর্বত) বিদীর্ণ করে পৃথক করলেন।

Word by Word

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• दीर्घाय: for long (duration)
• दीर्घाय: सम्प्रदान (प्रयोजन/हित)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीर्घ (प्रातिपदिक)

• चक्षसे: for (his) sight/vision
• चक्षसे: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• आ: up, forth; (prefix)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• सूर्यम्: the sun
• सूर्यम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• रोहयत्: made (it) rise / caused to mount
• रोहयत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √रुह् (रुहँ आरोहणे) + णिच्

• दिवि: in heaven, in the sky
• दिवि: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यौ/दिव् (प्रातिपदिक: दिव्/द्यौस्)

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

• गोभिः: with cows (i.e., with rays/bright beams)
• गोभिः: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)

• अद्रिम्: the rock/mountain
• अद्रिम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: अद्रि (प्रातिपदिक)

• ऐरयत्: set in motion, drove, stirred
• ऐरयत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ईर्/√इर् (ईरँ गतौ/प्रेरणे) + णिच्

Attribution

Rishi: Ṛgvedic provenance; not determinable from excerpt alone.

Devata: Indra (with Sūrya and ‘go’ imagery as subordinate powers)

Chandas: Ṛgvedic praise-meter (exact identification requires full stanza context).

Mantra Rasa

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