Rig Veda 8.93.9 — Mandala 8, Sukta 93, Mantra 9
Sukta 8.93
Devata: Indra (implicit through vajra imagery; hymn context Indra)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
गिरा वज्रो न सम्भृतः सबलो अनपच्युतः । ववक्ष ऋष्वो अस्तृतः ॥
Transliteration
girā́ vájro ná sambhṛ́taḥ sá-balo ánapa-cyutaḥ | vavakṣé ṛ́ṣvo ástṛtaḥ ||
Translation
Por la Palabra (girā), como un rayo‑vajra reunido, fuerte e inconmovible, él ha crecido vasto: alto, no quebrado. El habla mantrica forja dentro el arma indestructible de la victoria.
Word by Word
गिराby/with a hymn, with speech (praise)
गिरा:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootगिर्- (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक ‘वाणी/स्तुति’)
वज्रःthe thunderbolt
वज्रः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootवज्र- (पुं. प्रातिपदिक)
नlike, as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (निपात)
सम्भृतःcollected, gathered, well-assembled
सम्भृतः:
कर्तृ (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्-√भृ (भृ ‘to bear/carry’) → सम्भृत (कृदन्त, भूतकृदन्त/PPP)
सबलःstrong, mighty
सबलः:
कर्तृ (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootसबल- (प्रातिपदिक)
अनपच्युतःunfallen, not displaced, unwavering
अनपच्युतः:
कर्तृ (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootअन- + अप-√च्युत (√च्यु ‘to fall/move away’) → अपच्युत (PPP)
ववक्षhas carried / has borne (forward)
ववक्ष:
—
TypeVerb
Root√वह्/√वक्ष् (वह् ‘to carry/drive’; RV perfect form)
ऋष्वःlofty, exalted, towering
ऋष्वः:
कर्तृ (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootऋष्व- (प्रातिपदिक)
अस्तृतःnot strewn/scattered; unspread; unbroken (firm)
अस्तृतः:
कर्तृ (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ- + √स्तृ (स्तृ ‘to spread/strewn’) → स्तृत (PPP)
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