Mantra 13

Sukta 34

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यः सप्तरश्मिर्वृषभस्तुविष्मानवासृजत् सर्तवे सप्त सिन्धून्। यो रौहिणमस्फुरद् वज्रबाहुर्द्यामारोहन्तं स जनास इन्द्रः

IAST Transliteration

yáḥ saptá-raśmir vṛṣabhás tuvíṣmān avā́sṛjat sártave saptá síndhūn | yó ráuhiṇam ásphurat vájra-bāhur dyā́m ā́rohantaṃ sá janāsa índraḥ́

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

He, seven-reined, the Bull, the vehement, who loosed the Seven Rivers to run; who, thunderbolt-armed, smote Rohiṇa as he would mount to heaven—he, O peoples, is Indra.

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: —
• Type: Numeral
• Root: सप्तन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)

• रश्मिः: rein; ray
• रश्मिः: Kartā (समास/बहुव्रीहौ विशेष्यः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रश्मि (प्रातिपदिक)

• वृषभः: bull (mighty one)
• वृषभः: Kartā (विशेषणवत्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषभ (प्रातिपदिक)

• तुविष्मान्: very powerful
• तुविष्मान्: Kartā (विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुविष्मन्त् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अवासृजत्: he released; let flow down
• अवासृजत्: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सृज् (सृजति) उपसर्गः अव-

• सर्तवे: to flow; to run
• सर्तवे: Prayojana (क्रियार्थक-चतुर्थी)
• Type: Infinitive
• Root: √सृ (सरति) → सर्तु (तुमुन्)

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: —
• Type: Numeral
• Root: सप्तन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)

• सिन्धून्: rivers; streams
• सिन्धून्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिन्धु (प्रातिपदिक)

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• रौहिणम्: Rohiṇa (name/epithet; the ‘reddish’ one)
• रौहिणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (proper/epithet)
• Root: रौहिण (प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्फुरत्: he struck; made quiver/shatter
• अस्फुरत्: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्फुर् (स्फुरति)

• वज्रबाहुः: whose arm is the thunderbolt; thunderbolt-armed
• वज्रबाहुः: Kartā (विशेषणात्मक-नाम)
• Type: Noun (compound epithet)
• Root: वज्र-बाहु (समासः; वज्र + बाहु)

• द्याम्: the heaven; the sky
• द्याम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्यौ/दिव् (प्रातिपदिक)

• आरोहन्तम्: ascending; mounting
• आरोहन्तम्: Karma (यम्)
• Type: Participle
• Root: आ-√रुह् (रोहति) → शतृ (वर्तमानकृदन्त)

• सः: he
• सः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• जनासः: peoples; men
• जनासः: Kartā (सह-कर्तृ/सम्बोधन-भावः; ‘people (say/know)’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Kartā (मुख्यः)
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: From RV Indra-Vṛtra complex source (seer per RV concordance).

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-type (to be confirmed by RV concordance).

Mantra Rasa

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