Rig Veda 10.103.7: Mandala 10, Sukta 103, Mantra 7
Sukta 10.103
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Trishtubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अभि गोत्राणि सहसा गाहमानोऽदयो वीरः शतमन्युरिन्द्रः । दुश्च्यवनः पृतनाषाळयुध्योऽस्माकं सेना अवतु प्र युत्सु ॥
Transliteration
abhí gotrā́ṇi sáhasā gā́hamāno ’dayo vī́raḥ śatámanyur índraḥ | duścyavanáḥ pṛtanāṣā́ḷ ayudhyò ’smā́kaṃ sénā avatu prá yútsu ||
Translation
力をもって囲い（ゴートラ）へと踏み入り、憐れみなき英雄――怒りと勢いの衝動百重なるインドラ。動かし難く、戦陣を征する者、征服されぬ者――前進する戦いのただ中で、われらの軍勢を守り助けたまえ。
Word by Word
अभिtowards, against, upon
अभि:
Adhikaraṇa (दिशा/सम्बन्ध) / उपसर्ग
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
गोत्राणिclans, enclosures (gotras)
गोत्राणि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगोत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
सहसाwith force, by might
सहसा:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootसहस् (प्रातिपदिक)
गाहमानःentering, plunging into, advancing
गाहमानः:
Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण कर्तरि)
TypeVerb (participle)
Rootगाह् (धातु) → गाहमान (शतृ/शानच्-प्रत्यय, आत्मनेपद)
अदयोunassailable, not to be harmed (lit. ‘not to be injured’)
अदयो:
Kartā (कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअद (न-उपसर्ग + दय/द्यु?); प्रातिपदिक ‘अदय’
वीरःthe hero, warrior
वीरः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootवीर (प्रातिपदिक)
शतमन्युःof a hundredfold wrath/ardor
शतमन्युः:
Kartā (कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootशत-मन्यु (समास; प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
Kartā
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
दुश्च्यवनःhard to dislodge, not easily shaken
दुश्च्यवनः:
Kartā (कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootदुस् + च्यवन (समास; √च्यु ‘to move, fall, swerve’ → च्यवन)
पृतनाषाळ्conqueror in battles, battle-overpowering
पृतनाषाळ्:
Kartā (कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपृतना-षाळ् (समास; प्रातिपदिक; षाळ् ‘overpowering/prevailing’)
अयुध्यःunfightable, invincible
अयुध्यः:
Kartā (कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअयुध्य (प्रातिपदिक; न-उपसर्ग + युध्य ‘to be fought’)
अस्माकम्of us, our
अस्माकम्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/स्वामित्व)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
सेनाःarmies, hosts
सेनाः:
Kartā (अवतु इत्यस्य कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसेना (प्रातिपदिक)
अवतुmay (he) protect, let (him) help
अवतु:
Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया; आशिष्/आज्ञा)
TypeVerb
Root√अव् (रक्षणे) / अव्- (to help, protect)
प्रforth, forward; strongly
प्र:
Adhikaraṇa (दिशा/प्रकर्ष) / उपसर्ग
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
युत्सुin battles, in fights
युत्सु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun (locative plural used adverbially)
Rootयुध् → युत्सु (प्रातिपदिक ‘युत्सु’ < ‘युत्सु’ = युद्धेषु)
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