Mantra 6

Sukta 36

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अया ह त्यं मायया वावृधानं मनोजुवा स्वतवः पर्वतेन । अच्युता चिद् वीलिता स्वोजो रुजो वि दृह्ला धृषता विरप्शिन्

IAST Transliteration

ayā́ ha tyáṃ māyáyā vāvṛdhānáṃ manojúvā svatavaḥ párvatena | acyútā cid vīḷitā svòjo rujó ví dṛhḷā dhṛ́ṣatā vírapśin

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

By this, verily, that one—waxing great through wondrous craft, thought-swift, self-strong, as with a mountain—though the unshaken be compacted, he, of native might, the breaker, with daring, sunders the stubborn fastnesses, far-working.

Word by Word

• अया: by this (means), with this
• अया: करण
• Type: Pronoun (demonstrative)
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / अयम्-स्त्री.

• ह: indeed, surely
• ह: —
• Type: Indeclinable (particle)
• Root: ह (निपात)

• त्यम्: that (one), him
• त्यम्: कर्म
• Type: Pronoun (demonstrative)
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मायया: by (his) magic/power, through illusion
• मायया: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया (प्रातिपदिक)

• वावृधानम्: growing, increasing, being strengthened
• वावृधानम्: कर्म (त्यम् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Participle (verbal adjective)
• Root: वृध् (धातु) → वावृधान (कृदन्त, शतृ/क्विप्-प्रायः; परस्मैपद-परिप्रेक्ष्ये ‘वर्धमान’)

• मनोजुव: mind-swift, impelled by the mind
• मनोजुव: कर्म (विशेषण-रूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनस् + जू (धातु ‘to impel/drive’) → मनोजु (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्वतवः: of own strength, self-mighty
• स्वतवः: कर्म (विशेषण-रूपेण)
• Type: Adjective/Noun (epithet)
• Root: स्वतवस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘स्व-तवस्’ = own strength)

• पर्वतेन: with/like a mountain; by a mountain
• पर्वतेन: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)

• अच्युता: unshaken, unfailing
• अच्युता: कर्तृ (अग्रेस्थितस्य क्रियापदस्य/वाक्यस्य विशेषण-रूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अच्युत (प्रातिपदिक; a- + च्युत ‘fallen’)

• चित्: even, indeed
• चित्: —
• Type: Indeclinable (particle)
• Root: चित् (निपात)

• वीलिता: rolled up/compacted; coiled
• वीलिता: कर्तृ (विशेषण-रूपेण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीलित (प्रातिपदिक; √वील्/√वेल् ‘to press/roll/coil’ इत्यादि—वैदिके ‘वीलित’ = ‘rolled/compacted/closed’)

• स्वोजः: having own vigor; self-strong
• स्वोजः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective/Noun (epithet)
• Root: स्वोजस् (प्रातिपदिक; स्व + ओजस्)

• रुजः: breaker, crusher; (one who) shatters
• रुजः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: रुज् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘breaking, crushing’ / ‘disease-pain’—वैदिके ‘रुज’ = ‘breaker’)

• वि: apart, asunder, forth
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• दृह्लाः: the stubborn/firm (ones), the hard (foes/obstacles)
• दृह्लाः: कर्म
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: दृह्ल (प्रातिपदिक; वैदिक ‘दृह्ल’ = दृढ/कठोर/दृढ-शत्रु-समूहः; ‘stubborn/firm’)

• धृषता: boldly, with daring
• धृषता: करण (भावे) / क्रियाविशेषण
• Type: Participle used adverbially
• Root: धृष् (धातु ‘to be bold/dare’) → धृषत् (कृदन्त) / अथवा धृषता (तृतीया एकवचनम् ‘धृषत्’)

• वि: apart, asunder
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb)
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• रप्शिन्: rending, tearing; the rending one
• रप्शिन्: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: रप्शिन् (प्रातिपदिक; वैदिक विशेषण—‘रप्शिन्’ = ‘tearing/rending, sharp’)

Attribution

Rishi: Attributed in AV 20 largely to Ṛgvedic seers for Indra hymns (RV provenance); specific r̥ṣi for this verse follows the RV hymn-source attribution.

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (RV-style; AV 20 is predominantly RV meters)

Mantra Rasa

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