Rig Veda 2.15.1: Mandala 2, Sukta 15, Mantra 1

Sukta 2.15

Rishi: Gṛtsamada (traditionally for RV 2.15)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (likely; common in Indra-vṛtra hymns)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

प्र घा न्वस्य महतो महानि सत्या सत्यस्य करणानि वोचम् । त्रिकद्रुकेष्वपिबत्सुतस्यास्य मदे अहिमिन्द्रो जघान ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 2.15.1

Transliteration

pra ghā nv asya mahato mahāni satyā satyasya karaṇāni vocam | trikadrukeṣv apibat sutasya asya made ahim indro jaghāna ||

Translation

Ahora proclamo las grandes obras del Grande: los actos verdaderos de la Verdad. Habiendo bebido el Soma exprimido en los triples lugares de las copas, en ese arrobamiento Indra abatió a la Serpiente de la obstrucción.

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Word by Word

• प्र: forth, forward
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (upasarga)

• घ: indeed, surely
• घ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: घ (nipāta)

• नु: now, indeed
• नु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु (nipāta)

• अस्य: of him/this (of Indra)
• अस्य: — (ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (sarvanāman)

• महतः: of the great
• महतः: — (viśeṣaṇa to ‘अस्य’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (adj.)

• महानि: great deeds/things
• महानि: Karma (object of ‘वोचम्’)
• Type: Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: महत् (adj.)

• सत्या: true (deeds/acts)
• सत्या: Karma (co-object of ‘वोचम्’)
• Type: Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: सत्य (adj.)

• सत्यस्य: of the true one / of truth
• सत्यस्य: — (ṣaṣṭhī; qualifier of ‘करणानि’)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सत्य (noun/adj.)

• करणानि: deeds, acts
• करणानि: Karma (object of ‘वोचम्’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: करण (from √कृ ‘to do, make’)

• वोचम्: I proclaimed/spoke
• वोचम्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (to speak)

• त्रिकद्रुकेषु: at/in the Trikadrukas
• त्रिकद्रुकेषु: Adhikaraṇa (location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिकद्रुक (proper noun; Soma-pressing/pressing-stones/places)

• अपिबत्: he drank
• अपिबत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पा (to drink)

• सुतस्य: of the pressed (Soma)
• सुतस्य: — (ṣaṣṭhī; source/possessive with ‘अपिबत्’)
• Type: Adjective/Participle (used as noun)
• Root: सुत (ppp from √सु ‘to press’)

• अस्य: of him/this (of Indra)
• अस्य: — (ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (sarvanāman)

• मदे: in (his) intoxication/rapture
• मदे: Adhikaraṇa (state/occasion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद (noun from √मद् ‘to be exhilarated’)

• अहिम्: the serpent (Vṛtra)
• अहिम्: Karma (object of ‘जघान’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहि (noun)

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Kartā (agent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (proper noun)

• जघान: slew, struck down
• जघान: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हन् (to strike, slay)