Rig Veda 8.7.23: Mandala 8, Sukta 7, Mantra 23

Sukta 8.7

Rishi: Kāṇva

Devata: Indra (explicit via Vṛtra-myth and vṛṣṇi address; Maruts may be the 'they' as helpers)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; not fully verifiable from excerpt alone)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

वि वृत्रं पर्वशो ययुर्वि पर्वताँ अराजिनः । चक्राणा वृष्णि पौंस्यम् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 8.7.23

Transliteration

ví vṛtráṃ parváśo yayúr ví párvatāṃ arājínaḥ | cakrāṇā́ vṛ́ṣṇi paúṃsyam ||

Translation

Sie zogen aus gegen Vṛtra, Glied um Glied; sie zerschmetterten die unbeugsamen Berge — und schmiedeten, o Starker, die Heldenkraft: so wird das Hindernis gebrochen und das verborgene Licht freigesetzt.

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Word by Word

• वि: apart, asunder, forth
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (upasarga)

• वृत्रम्: Vṛtra (the obstructing demon)
• वृत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्र (prātipadika)

• पर्वशः: joint by joint; piece by piece
• पर्वशः: —
• Type: Indeclinable (adverbial) / Noun-derived
• Root: पर्वश (prātipadika; from पर्वन् ‘joint, section’ + -शस्)

• ययुः: they went; they advanced
• ययुः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (dhātu) ‘to go’

• वि: apart, asunder
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि (upasarga)

• पर्वतान्: mountains
• पर्वतान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (prātipadika)

• अराजिनः: the unshining/without splendor ones; (as epithet) the non-royal/without radiance (ones)
• अराजिनः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (used substantively) / Noun
• Root: अराजिन् (prātipadika; a- + राजिन् ‘shining/kingly’; Vedic epithet)

• चक्राणाः: having made; having wrought
• चक्राणाः: Kartā
• Type: Participle
• Root: कृ (dhātu) ‘to do, make’

• वृष्णि: in strength; in manly vigor
• वृष्णि: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun (locative) / Adverbial locative
• Root: वृष्णि (prātipadika; Vedic, ‘strength/male vigor’ or epithet ‘of the strong one’)

• पौंस्यम्: manliness; male power
• पौंस्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौंस्य (prātipadika; from पुंस् ‘man’)