Mantra 10
Sukta 10
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
यदनूचीन्द्रमैरात् त्व ऋषभोऽह्वयत्। तस्मात् ते वृत्रहा पयः क्षीरं क्रुद्धोऽहरद् वशे
IAST Transliteration
yád anū́cī índram áirāt tvá ṛṣabhó’hvayat | tásmāt te vṛtra-hā́ páyaḥ kṣīráṃ krúddho’harad vaśé
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
When Anūcī, from Āirāt, called the Bull unto thee, then the Vṛtra-slayer, in wrath, carried off thy milk—thy kṣīra—bringing it under mastery.
Word by Word
यत्which/that (what)
यत्:
Karma (यत्…तत्-सम्बन्धे ‘that which’)
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / यद्-शब्द
अनूचीa (female) attendant/companion; a following woman (name/epithet)
अनूची:
Kartā (अह्वयत्-क्रियायाः कर्ता)
TypeNoun (f.)
Rootअनूची (प्रातिपदिक; ‘अनु’ + ‘ऊचि/ऊच्’ इत्यादि-व्युत्पत्तिः; स्त्रीलिङ्ग-शब्द)
इन्द्रम्Indra
इन्द्रम्:
Karma (अह्वयत्—whom she called)
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
ऐरात्came/went
ऐरात्:
Kriyā (मुख्य-क्रिया: ‘came/went’)
TypeVerb
Rootईर्/इर् (धातु; ‘to go/move/come’) → ऐरात् (लुङ्/आर्ष-रूप; 3 एकवचन)
त्वःof you/your
त्वः:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
ऋषभःthe bull; (epithet) the mighty one
ऋषभः:
Kartā (अह्वयत्-क्रियायाः कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootऋषभ (प्रातिपदिक)
अह्वयत्called/invoked
अह्वयत्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√ह्वा (आह्वाने) → आ-√ह्वा
तस्मात्from that; therefore
तस्मात्:
Apādāna (from that/therefore)
TypePronoun (ablative)
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
तेto you
ते:
Sampradāna (recipient)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वृत्रहाVṛtra-slayer (Indra)
वृत्रहा:
Kartā (अहरत्-क्रियायाः कर्ता)
TypeNoun/Epithet
Rootवृत्रहन् (प्रातिपदिक; वृत्र + हन्, बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समास)
पयःmilk; sap
पयः:
Karma (what was taken/brought)
TypeNoun
Rootपयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
क्षीरम्milk
क्षीरम्:
Karma (apposition to पयः)
TypeNoun
Rootक्षीर (प्रातिपदिक)
क्रुद्धःangered
क्रुद्धः:
Kartṛ-viśeṣaṇa (qualifier of वृत्रहा)
TypeAdjective/Participle
Root√क्रुध् (कोपे) → क्रुद्ध (क्त-प्रत्यय)
अहरत्carried off/brought
अहरत्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√हृ (हरणे) → अ-हर-त्
वशेin (your) control; under sway
वशे:
Adhikaraṇa (in/under control; in subjection)
TypeNoun
Rootवश (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa (variable)
Devata: Indra Vṛtrahan (primary); bull-force as auxiliary image
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh-like
Mantra Rasa
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