Mantra 2
Sukta 107
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
ओजस्तदस्य तित्विष उभे यत् समवर्तयत्। इन्द्रश्चर्मेव रोदसी
IAST Transliteration
ójaḥ tád asya titvíṣa ubhé yát sám-avartayat | índraś cármeva ródasī
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
This is his might, of the blazing one: that he rolled both worlds together—Indra, as with a hide, the twain of Heaven and Earth.
Word by Word
ओजःstrength, vigor
ओजः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootओजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अस्यof him/it
अस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तित्विषःof (his) brilliance/splendor
तित्विषः:
Sambandha (Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootतित्विष् (प्रातिपदिक; 'तेजस्/दीप्ति' अर्थे)
उभेboth (two)
उभे:
Karma
TypePronoun (dual)
Rootउभ (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
यत्which/that which
यत्:
Karma
TypeRelative pronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सम्together, completely
सम्:
—
TypePreverb
Rootसम् (उपसर्ग)
अवर्तयत्he caused to turn/roll; he encompassed
अवर्तयत्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√वृत्/√वर्त् (वर्तने) + णिच्
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
Kartā
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
चर्माwith a hide/skin
चर्मा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootचर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
इवlike, as
इव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
रोदसीthe two worlds (heaven and earth)
रोदसी:
Karma
TypeNoun (dual)
Rootरोदसी (द्विवचन-प्रातिपदिक; द्यावापृथिव्योः)
Attribution
Rishi: Ṛgvedic provenance; seer not determinable from the single verse without full hymn metadata.
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh-type (requires full hymn context for certainty).
Mantra Rasa
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