Rig Veda 2.11.10: Mandala 2, Sukta 11, Mantra 10

Sukta 2.11

Rishi: Gṛtsamada (Bhārgava)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अरोरवीद्वृष्णो अस्य वज्रोऽमानुषं यन्मानुषो निजूर्वात् । नि मायिनो दानवस्य माया अपादयत्पपिवान्त्सुतस्य ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 2.11.10

Transliteration

ároravīd vṛ́ṣṇo asya vájro ’mā́nuṣaṃ yán mā́nuṣo nijū́rvāt | ní māyíno dānavásya māyā́ apā́dayat papivā́nt sutásya ||

Translation

Vajra Sang Banteng ini mengaum—bukan-insani dalam kedahsyatannya—ketika yang manusiawi (dalam diri kita) terkikis oleh keletihan. Setelah meminum Soma yang diperas, ia menjatuhkan seni-ilusi sang Dānava, si penipu.

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• अरोरवीत्: he roared / cried aloud
• अरोरवीत्: Kriyā (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रु (रव्/रु) धातु (√ru ‘to roar/cry’), with reduplication

• वृष्णः: of the Bull (mighty one)
• वृष्णः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषन् (प्रातिपदिक ‘bull; mighty one’)

• अस्य: of him / his
• अस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• वज्रः: the thunderbolt
• वज्रः: Kartā (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्र (प्रातिपदिक ‘thunderbolt’)

• अमानुषम्: non-human, superhuman
• अमानुषम्: Karma (कर्म) / Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-मानुष (प्रातिपदिक ‘non-human, superhuman’)

• यत्: which
• यत्: Sambandha (यद्-तद् सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• मानुषः: a man / the human
• मानुषः: Kartā (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: मानुष (प्रातिपदिक ‘human’)

• निजूर्वात्: wore down / was crushed
• निजूर्वात्: Kriyā (उपवाक्य-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्वर्/जुर् (√jur/√jūr ‘to waste away, be worn down’), with नि- उपसर्ग; Vedic injunctive/precative-like aorist form

• नि: down, forth
• नि: Upasarga (क्रियाविशेषक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• मायिनः: of the sorcerer / the crafty one
• मायिनः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: मायिन् (प्रातिपदिक ‘possessing māyā, sorcerous’)

• दानवस्य: of the Dānava (demon)
• दानवस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक ‘Dānava, demon’)

• मायाः: the magical powers / illusions
• मायाः: Kartā (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया (प्रातिपदिक ‘magic, illusion, stratagem’)

• अपादयत्: he drove away / removed
• अपादयत्: Kriyā (मुख्य क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अप-√दा (√dā ‘to put/place’, causative ‘to cause to go away/remove’)

• पपिवान्: having drunk
• पपिवान्: Kartā (कर्ता) (इन्द्रः—‘having drunk’)
• Type: Participle
• Root: पा (√pā ‘to drink’), perfect participle active

• सुतस्य: of the pressed Soma
• सुतस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक ‘pressed (Soma)’) from √सु ‘to press’