Rig Veda 6.45.9: Mandala 6, Sukta 45, Mantra 9
Sukta 6.45
Rishi: Bharadvāja Bārhaspatya
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (likely; verify metrically)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
वि दृळ्हानि चिदद्रिवो जनानां शचीपते । वृह माया अनानत ॥
Transliteration
ví dṛḷhā́ni cid adrivo jánānāṃ śacīpate | vṛ́ha māyā́ḥ anānata ||
Translation
O Steinschwinger, Śacīpati, Herr der wirksamen Kraft! Zerschlage selbst die verhärteten Fügungen der Menschen; zerreiße die Māyās, die (uns) von der geraden Wahrheit abbiegen.
Word by Word
विapart, asunder, forth
वि:
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TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि- (upasarga)
दृळ्हानिfirm things; strongholds
दृळ्हानि:
Karma
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootदृळ्ह (प्रातिपदिक; < √दृंह्/दृढ् ‘to make firm, strengthen’)
चित्even
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (निपात)
अद्रिवःO wielder of the stone/pressing-stone (Indra)
अद्रिवः:
—
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootअद्रि-वस् (प्रातिपदिक)
जनानाम्of men, of peoples
जनानाम्:
—
TypeNoun
Rootजन (प्रातिपदिक)
शचीपतेO lord of might/skill (Indra)
शचीपते:
—
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootशची-पति (प्रातिपदिक)
वृहrend! break!
वृह:
—
TypeVerb
Root√वृह् (वृंह्/वृह्) ‘to tear, rend, break’
मायाःillusions, wiles, magical powers
मायाः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमाया (प्रातिपदिक)
अनानत(he) bent down; subdued
अनानत:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√नम् ‘to bend’ with reduplication (aorist stem)
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