Mantra 14

Sukta 137

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

गिरा वज्रो न संभृतः सबलो अनपच्युतः । ववक्ष ऋष्वो अस्तृतः

IAST Transliteration

girā́ vájro ná sámbhṛtaḥ sábaló ánápacyutaḥ | vavakṣá ṛṣvó ástṛtaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

With sacred speech—like a thunderbolt well-compacted—strong, unshaken, waxing mighty, lofty, and not to be withstood.

Translation

Par la parole sacrée—tel un foudre bien compacté—fort, inébranlable, croissant en puissance, élevé et qu’on ne saurait repousser.

Word by Word

• गिरा: by/with (his) voice, by speech
• गिरा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिर् (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक) / गिरा (इन्स्ट्रु. एक.)

• वज्रः: the thunderbolt
• वज्रः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्र (पुं. प्रातिपदिक)

• न: like, as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• संभृतः: collected, gathered, made ready
• संभृतः: कर्तृ (वज्रस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-√भृ (भृ धारणे) → संभृत (कृदन्त)

• सबलः: strong, mighty
• सबलः: कर्तृ (वज्रस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सबल (पुं. प्रातिपदिक)

• अनपच्युतः: not fallen away, unshaken
• अनपच्युतः: कर्तृ (वज्रस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन-अप-√च्युत् (√च्युत्/√च्यु ‘to fall, slip’) → अपच्युत (कृदन्त)

• ववक्ष: has borne/carried
• ववक्ष: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वह्/√वक्ष् (वहने/वह् ‘to carry, bear’) — परोक्ष/लिट्-रूप (वैदिक)

• ऋष्वः: lofty, great
• ऋष्वः: कर्तृ (अन्तर्निहित कर्ता/वज्रस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऋष्व (पुं. प्रातिपदिक)

• अस्तृतः: not laid low/overthrown; unspread (i.e., not slackened)
• अस्तृतः: कर्तृ (वज्रस्य विशेषणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-√स्तृ (स्तृ ‘to spread/lay low’; वैदिक) → स्तृत (कृदन्त)

Attribution

Rishi: As in RV-derived material of AV 20: traditionally RV seer attribution applies; exact r̥ṣi for this verse requires AV 20 anukramaṇī mapping.

Devata: Indra / Vajra (thunderbolt-power as personified efficacy of speech)

Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh/Jagatī-type RV meter; exact meter requires metrical scan of the RV original.

Mantra Rasa

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