Rig Veda 8.76.2: Mandala 8, Sukta 76, Mantra 2
Sukta 8.76
Devata: Indra
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अयमिन्द्रो मरुत्सखा वि वृत्रस्याभिनच्छिरः । वज्रेण शतपर्वणा ॥
Transliteration
ayám índro marútsakhā́ ví vṛtrásyābhinác chíraḥ | vájreṇa śatáparvaṇā ||
Translation
এই ইন্দ্র, মরুৎদের সখা, শতপর্ব বজ্র দিয়ে বৃত্রের মস্তক বিদীর্ণ করলেন—অবরোধের গিঁট ছিন্ন করে, যাতে শক্তি ও আলোর স্রোত মুক্ত হয়ে প্রবাহিত হয়।
Word by Word
अयम्this (one)
अयम्:
विशेषणम् (इन्द्रस्य) / कर्तृ-पदस्य सहचरः
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
मरुत्सखाfriend/ally of the Maruts
मरुत्सखा:
विशेषणम् (इन्द्रस्य)
TypeNoun/Adjective (epithet)
Rootमरुत् + सखि (समास-प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः: ‘मरुतां सखा’)
विapart, asunder; forth
वि:
क्रियाविशेषणम् (उपसर्गः)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि (उपसर्ग/निपात)
वृत्रस्यof Vṛtra
वृत्रस्य:
सम्बन्ध (कर्मणः/वस्तुनः) — ‘of Vṛtra’
TypeNoun
Rootवृत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
अभिनच्छिःhas struck/has smitten (upon)
अभिनच्छिः:
क्रिया (कर्तृ: इन्द्रः)
TypeVerb
Rootनश् (धातु; ‘to reach/strike/attain’), उपसर्गः अभि-; (वेदिक्: परस्मैपद, लिट्/परफेक्ट् रूपम्)
शिरःhead
शिरः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootशिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
वज्रेणwith the thunderbolt
वज्रेण:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootवज्र (प्रातिपदिक)
शतपर्वणा(with the) hundred-jointed (one)
शतपर्वणा:
विशेषणम् (करणस्य)
TypeAdjective (instrumental epithet of वज्र)
Rootशतपर्वन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘having a hundred joints/segments’)
Ritual Application
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Vedic Cosmology
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