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Rig Veda 2.23.14: Mandala 2, Sukta 23, Mantra 14

Sukta 2.23

Rishi: Gṛtsamada (Bhārgava)
Devata: Bṛhaspati
Chandas: Triṣṭubh

तेजिष्ठया तपनी रक्षसस्तप ये त्वा निदे दधिरे दृष्टवीर्यम् । आविस्तत्कृष्व यदसत्त उक्थ्यं बृहस्पते वि परिरापो अर्दय ॥

téjiṣṭhayā tapanī́ rakṣásaḥ tapa yé tvā nidé dadhiré dṛṣṭávīryam | āvís tát kṛṣva yád ásat te ukthyàm bṛ́haspate ví parirā́po ardaya ||

Oh Bṛhaspati, con tu ardor más agudo y abrasador chamusca a los Rākṣasas, a los que te cargan de reproche, aunque tu fuerza heroica sea manifiesta. Haz visible lo que en nosotros aún no era; aplasta y ahuyenta los ataques que nos cercan.

तेजिष्ठयाwith the most blazing (power)
तेजिष्ठया:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootतेजिष्ठ (तेजस्-; तद्धित/तमतम-प्रत्ययः -इष्ठ)
तपनीthe burning (flame/heat)
तपनी:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootतपनी (तप्-धातोः नाम; ‘heating/burning’)
रक्षसःof the demon/evil spirit (Rākṣas)
रक्षसः:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootरक्षस्
तपburn! / scorch!
तप:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootतप्
येwho (those who)
ये:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
त्वाyou
त्वा:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
निदेin reproach / in insult
निदे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootनिदा (नि-√दा ‘to give/assign’; ‘reproach/insult’)
दधिरेhave placed / have set
दधिरे:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootधा (√धा)
दृष्टवीर्यम्(you) whose might is seen / of manifest power
दृष्टवीर्यम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootदृष्ट-वीर्य (√दृश् क्त; वीर्य)
आविःopenly / manifestly
आविः:
(क्रियाविशेषणम्)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआविस्
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
कृष्वmake! / do!
कृष्व:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (√कृ)
यत्what / that which
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
असत्non-existent / unreal
असत्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअसत् (a- + सत्; √अस् ‘to be’)
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
उक्थ्यम्praiseworthy / fit for hymn
उक्थ्यम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootउक्थ्य (उक्थ ‘hymn’ + यत्-प्रत्ययः)
बृहस्पतेO Bṛhaspati
बृहस्पते:
(सम्बोधनम्)
TypeNoun
Rootबृहस्पति
विapart / asunder
वि:
(क्रियाविशेषणम्)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि
परिरापःharms / injurious attacks
परिरापः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपरि-राप (परि + राप ‘harm, injury’)
अर्दयcrush! / drive away!
अर्दय:
(क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअर्द् (√अर्द्)

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