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Rig Veda 1.103.8: Mandala 1, Sukta 103, Mantra 8

Sukta 1.103

Rishi: Kutsa Āṅgirasa (traditional attribution)
Devata: Indra (primary); closing invocation to Mitra-Varuṇa-Aditi-Sindhu-Pṛthivī-Dyauḥ
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

शुष्णं पिप्रुं कुयवं वृत्रमिन्द्र यदावधीर्वि पुरः शम्बरस्य । तन्नो मित्रो वरुणो मामहन्तामदितिः सिन्धुः पृथिवी उत द्यौः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 1.103.8
Transliteration

śúṣṇaṃ pípruṃ kúyavaṃ vṛtrám indra yadā́vadhīr ví púraḥ śámbarasya | tán no mitró váruṇo māmahantām áditiḥ síndhuḥ pṛthivī utá dyáuḥ ||

Translation

インドラよ、汝がシュシュナ（Śuṣṇa）、ピプル（Pipru）、クヤヴァ（Kuyava）、そしてヴリトラ（Vṛtra）を討ち、さらにシャンバラ（Śambara）の堅固な城塞を打ち砕いたとき――その勝利の力がわれらを広げ増し給え。ミトラ（Mitra）とヴァルナ（Varuṇa）、アディティ（Aditi）、シンドゥ（Sindhu）の流れ、大地と天よ。

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शुष्णम्Śuṣṇa (demon), (as) object
शुष्णम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun (proper name)
Rootशुष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
पिप्रुम्Pipru (demon), (as) object
पिप्रुम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun (proper name)
Rootपिप्रु (प्रातिपदिक)
कुयवम्Kuyava (demon), (as) object
कुयवम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun (proper name)
Rootकुयव (प्रातिपदिक)
वृत्रम्Vṛtra (serpent/demon), (as) object
वृत्रम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun (proper name)
Rootवृत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
(सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
यत्when/that (which)
यत्:
(सम्बन्ध/उपपद)
TypePronoun/Relative
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अवधीःyou slew
अवधीः:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootवध् (धातु)
विapart, asunder
वि:
(क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootवि (उपसर्ग)
पुरःfortresses, strongholds
पुरः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootपुर्/पुरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
शम्बरस्यof Śambara
शम्बरस्य:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun (proper name)
Rootशम्बर (प्रातिपदिक)
तत्that (deed/boon)
तत्:
कर्म (आशीर्वाद-वाक्ये ‘that’)
TypePronoun/Demonstrative
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
नःfor us / our
नः:
सम्प्रदान/सम्बन्ध (for us/our)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
मित्रःMitra
मित्रः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (deity)
Rootमित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
वरुणःVaruṇa
वरुणः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (deity)
Rootवरुण (प्रातिपदिक)
मामहन्ताम्let the two favor/benefit (us)
मामहन्ताम्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootमंह्/मह् (धातु; ‘to honor, gladden, favor’ RV) + आ (उपसर्ग)
अदितिःAditi
अदितिः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (deity)
Rootअदिति (प्रातिपदिक)
सिन्धुःthe River/Sea (Sindhu)
सिन्धुः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootसिन्धु (प्रातिपदिक)
पृथिवीEarth
पृथिवी:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)
उतand also
उत:
(समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत (निपात)
द्यौःHeaven/Sky
द्यौः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootद्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)
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Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
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