Rig Veda 8.6.13: Mandala 8, Sukta 6, Mantra 13

Sukta 8.6

Rishi: Kaṇva

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

यदस्य मन्युरध्वनीद्वि वृत्रं पर्वशो रुजन् । अपः समुद्रमैरयत् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 8.6.13

Transliteration

yád asya mányur ádhvanīd ví vṛtrám parvaśó rújan | apáḥ samudrám áirayat ||

Translation

Quand sa puissance courroucée s’élança sur la voie, brisant Vṛtra membre après membre, il mit les eaux en mouvement — il souleva l’océan.

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Word by Word

• यत्: when; that
• यत्: (सम्बन्ध/उपपद-सम्बन्ध) — introduces relative clause
• Type: Indeclinable (relative pronoun used as conjunction)
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• अस्य: of him (of that one)
• अस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive: ‘of him/its’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• मन्युः: wrath; fierce spirit
• मन्युः: कर्तृ (agent/subject) — ‘wrath’ as acting force
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्यु (prātipadika)

• अध्वनीत्: drove on; set in motion (on the path)
• अध्वनीत्: क्रिया (finite verb of the relative clause)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अध्वा/अध्वन् (prātipadika) + √इ (इण्) with preverb अध्व-?; Vedic: denominative/causative-like ‘to set on the path, to drive on’

• द्वि: asunder; in two (twofold)
• द्वि: विशेषण-भाव (adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: द्वि (numeral/indeclinable)

• वृत्रम्: Vṛtra (the obstructer)
• वृत्रम्: कर्म (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्र (prātipadika)

• पर्वशः: joint by joint; limb by limb
• पर्वशः: करण/रीति (manner/instrumental of distribution)
• Type: Noun (adverbial instrumental)
• Root: पर्वन् (prātipadika)

• रुजन्: breaking; shattering
• रुजन्: कर्तृ-विशेषण (participial predicate of the agent)
• Type: Verb (participle)
• Root: √रुज् (to break)

• अपः: the waters
• अपः: कर्म (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (prātipadika)

• समुद्रम्: to the ocean; sea
• समुद्रम्: कर्म/गति-लक्ष्य (goal as object with motion/causation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र (prātipadika)

• ऐरयत्: he drove; he impelled
• ऐरयत्: क्रिया (main finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ईर्/√इर् (to set in motion, raise) — causative stem ईरय-