Rig Veda 8.100.7: Mandala 8, Sukta 100, Mantra 7
Sukta 8.100
Rishi: Kāṇva tradition (uncertain at verse-level)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like cadence possible; however RV 8.100 generally uses larger meters—requires verification
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्र नूनं धावता पृथङ्नेह यो वो अवावरीत् । नि षीं वृत्रस्य मर्मणि वज्रमिन्द्रो अपीपतत् ॥
Transliteration
prá nūnáṃ dhāvata pṛtháṅ néha yó vo avā́varīt | ní sīṃ vṛtrásya mármaṇi vájram índro apī́patat ||
Translation
Ahora, corred hacia delante, cada cual por su propio camino: aquí está aquel que quería reteneros. Indra ha hincado el Vajra, la fuerza del trueno, en el núcleo vulnerable de Vṛtra.
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
नूनम्now, indeed
नूनम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनूनम्
धावतrun! hasten!
धावत:
(to implied agent) Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√धाव् (धावति)
पृथक्apart, asunder
पृथक्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपृथक्
इहhere
इह:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
यःwho
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (यः)
वःof you, your
वः:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (वः)
अवावरीत्covered, enclosed, shut in
अवावरीत्:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√वृ (वृणोति/वृणुते) with preverb अव-
निdown, into
नि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनि (upasarga)
सीम्indeed, just
सीम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसीम्
वृत्रस्यof Vṛtra
वृत्रस्य:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootवृत्र (prātipadika)
मर्मणिin the vital spot, in the joint/marrow
मर्मणि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootमर्मन् (prātipadika)
वज्रम्the thunderbolt
वज्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवज्र (prātipadika)
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (prātipadika)
अपीपतत्caused to fall/struck down; hurled
अपीपतत्:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√पत् (पतति) with preverb अपि-
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