Rig Veda 8.6.40: Mandala 8, Sukta 6, Mantra 40
Sukta 8.6
Rishi: Kaṇva (Kaṇva lineage)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; verify with metrical index)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
वावृधान उप द्यवि वृषा वज्र्यरोरवीत् । वृत्रहा सोमपातमः ॥
Transliteration
vāvṛdhāná úpa dyávi vṛ́ṣā vajry àroravīt | vṛtrahā́ sómapātamaḥ ||
Translation
Immer weiter wachsend hat der Stier mit dem Donnerkeil hinauf zum Himmel gebrüllt. Vṛtrahan, der Erschläger des Verhüllers, der vollkommenste Soma-Trinker, steigt in Macht empor, um das innere Hindernis zu zerbrechen.
Word by Word
वावृधानःhaving grown strong; strengthened
वावृधानः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (participial)
Root√वृध् (वर्धने) → वावृधान- (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
उपtowards; up to
उप:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउप (उपसर्ग/निपात)
द्यविin the sky; in heaven
द्यवि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootद्यौ- (प्रातिपदिक)
वृषाthe bull; the mighty one
वृषा:
Kartā (apposition to subject)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootवृषन्/वृष- (प्रातिपदिक)
वज्र्यःwielder of the thunderbolt
वज्र्यः:
Kartā (apposition)
TypeAdjective/Noun
Rootवज्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक) → वज्र्य- (वैदिक रूप)
अरोरवीत्roared; cried aloud
अरोरवीत्:
Kriyā (of the Kartā)
TypeVerb
Root√रु (रवणे/शब्दे) with reduplication: अ-रो-रव-īt
वृत्रहाVṛtra-slayer
वृत्रहा:
Kartā (apposition)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootवृत्रहन् (वृत्र + √हन्) (प्रातिपदिक)
सोमपातमःbest drinker of Soma
सोमपातमः:
Kartā (apposition)
TypeAdjective (superlative epithet)
Rootसोमपा (सोम + √पा ‘to drink’) + तम (superlative)
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