Mantra 2
Sukta 28
Sanskrit (Devanagari)
उद् गा आजदङ्गिरोभ्य आविष्कृण्वन् गुहा सतीः । अर्वाञ्चं नुनुदे वलम्
IAST Transliteration
úd gā́ ā́jat áṅgirobhya āvíṣ-kṛṇvan gúhā satī́ḥ | arvā́ñcaṃ nunude válam
English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)
He drave the Cows forth for the Aṅgirases, making them manifest from caves wherein they lay; hitherward he thrust away the Vala.
Word by Word
उद्up, forth
उद्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउद् (उपसर्ग) / √इ (गत्यर्थ) (क्रियायोगे)
गाsing!
गा:
—
TypeVerb
Root√गै (गाने)
आजद्he drove/impelled
आजद्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√अज् (गत्यर्थ/क्षेपणार्थ)
अङ्गिरोभ्यःto the Aṅgirases
अङ्गिरोभ्यः:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootअङ्गिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
आविष्कृण्वन्making manifest, revealing
आविष्कृण्वन्:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootआविस् (अव्यय) + √कृ (करणे) → कृण्वत् (वर्तमान कृदन्त)
गुहाःcaves, hiding-places
गुहाः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगुहा (प्रातिपदिक)
सतीःbeing (there), existing
सतीः:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसत् (वर्तमान कृदन्त of √अस् ‘to be’) → सती (स्त्री)
अर्वाञ्चम्turned toward (us), facing this way
अर्वाञ्चम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअर्वाञ्च् (प्रातिपदिक)
नुनुदेhe has thrust away/repelled
नुनुदे:
—
TypeVerb
Root√नुद् (प्रेरणे/अपसारणे)
वलम्Vala (the demon/obstacle), enclosure
वलम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवल (प्रातिपदिक)
Attribution
Rishi: Ṛgvedic attribution (Aṅgiras/Indra-Vala mythic complex; AV 20 reuse)
Devata: Indra (with Aṅgirases as mythic beneficiaries)
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh
Mantra Rasa
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