Rig Veda 10.116.5: Mandala 10, Sukta 116, Mantra 5
Sukta 10.116
Devata: Indra (as Ugra, warrior power)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
नि तिग्मानि भ्राशयन्भ्राश्यान्यव स्थिरा तनुहि यातुजूनाम् । उग्राय ते सहो बलं ददामि प्रतीत्या शत्रून्विगदेषु वृश्च ॥
Transliteration
ní tigmā́ni bhrā́śayan bhrā́śyāny áva sthirā́ tanúhi yātu-jū́nām | ugrā́ya te sáho bálaṃ dadāmi pratī́tyā śátrūn vi-gadéṣu vṛśca ||
Translation
鋭き武器を打ち落とし、きらめく威力を打ち砕け。呪術をもって襲い来る者どもの、堅く据えられた力を伏せよ。猛き汝に、われは力と威勢とを授ける。進み寄り、結び目と絡みのうちにある敵の力を断ち切れ。
Word by Word
निdown, forth; (as preverb)
नि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनि (upasarga) / ni (avyaya)
तिग्मानिsharp (things), sharp weapons
तिग्मानि:
Karma
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootतिग्म (prātipadika)
भ्राशयन्causing to flash/brandish
भ्राशयन्:
Kartā (participial agent) / verbal qualifier
TypeVerb
Rootभ्राश् (धातु) [causative: भ्राशय-]
भ्राश्यानिflashing (weapons), gleaming missiles
भ्राश्यानि:
Karma
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootभ्राश्य (prātipadika; from √भ्राश्, ‘to flash’)
अवdown, away; (as preverb)
अव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअव (upasarga) / ava (avyaya)
स्थिराःfirm, steady
स्थिराः:
Kartā (of following imperative, as predicate/qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्थिर (prātipadika)
तनुहिstretch out, extend
तनुहि:
Kriyā (main verb); Kartā = ‘त्वम्’ (addressed deity)
TypeVerb
Rootतन् (धातु)
यातुजूनाम्of the sorcerers, of the demon-wizards
यातुजूनाम्:
Sambandha (genitive relation) / Apādāna-sense contextually (‘from/against sorcerers’)
TypeNoun
Rootयातुजु (prātipadika)
उग्रायto the fierce one
उग्राय:
Sampradāna
TypeAdjective (as noun-epithet)
Rootउग्र (prātipadika)
तेto/for you; your
ते:
Sambandha (genitive: ‘thy’)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (pronoun)
सहःmight, force
सहः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसहस् (prātipadika)
बलम्strength
बलम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootबल (prātipadika)
ददामिI give
ददामि:
Kriyā (main verb); Kartā = ‘अहम्’
TypeVerb
Rootदा (धातु)
प्रतीत्यhaving approached; having turned toward/against
प्रतीत्य:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (adverbial to main action) / Karaṇa-sense (‘by approaching’)
TypeVerbal indeclinable
Rootप्रति-इ (धातु) → प्रतीत्य (absolutive)
शत्रून्enemies
शत्रून्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootशत्रु (prātipadika)
विगदेषुin the joints/limbs (lit. ‘in the separations’); in vulnerable parts
विगदेषु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootविगद (prātipadika)
वृश्चcut, hew down
वृश्च:
Kriyā (injunctive/imperative); Kartā = ‘त्वम्’ (addressed deity)
TypeVerb
Rootवृश्च् (धातु)
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Vedic Cosmology
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Chanting Notes
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