Rig Veda 10.96.3: Mandala 10, Sukta 96, Mantra 3
Sukta 10.96
Rishi: Not specified in provided text (RV 10.96 Indra hymn).
Devata: Indra.
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable).
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
सो अस्य वज्रो हरितो य आयसो हरिर्निकामो हरिरा गभस्त्योः । द्युम्नी सुशिप्रो हरिमन्युसायक इन्द्रे नि रूपा हरिता मिमिक्षिरे ॥
Transliteration
só asya vájro hárīto yá ā́yaso hárir níkāmo hárir ā́ gábhastyoḥ | dyumnī́ suśípro hárimanyu-sāyaka índre ní rū́pā hárītā mimikṣire ||
Translation
彼の雷槌（vajra）は黄金の黄褐、鉄より鍛えられたもの。意も黄褐、両手の把握も黄褐。輝ける威力のうちに、善き唇の者は黄褐の憤熱の矢を放つ。インドラ（Indra）において、黄褐の諸相は交じり合い、定まり置かれた。
Word by Word
सःhe
सः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अस्यof him / his
अस्य:
Sambandha (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वज्रःthe thunderbolt
वज्रः:
Kartā (apposition to सः)
TypeNoun
Rootवज्र (प्रातिपदिक)
हरितःgolden/greenish, tawny
हरितः:
Viśeṣaṇa (of वज्रः)
TypeAdjective
Rootहरित (प्रातिपदिक)
यःwhich
यः:
Kartā (relative pronoun; refers to वज्रः)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
आयसःmade of metal/iron
आयसः:
Viśeṣaṇa (of यः/वज्रः)
TypeAdjective
Rootआयस (प्रातिपदिक) < अयस्
हरिःthe tawny one; golden
हरिः:
Kartā (apposition; epithet)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootहरि (प्रातिपदिक)
निकामःaccording to desire; at will
निकामः:
Viśeṣaṇa (of हरिः)
TypeAdjective
Rootनिकाम (प्रातिपदिक) (नि- + काम)
हरिःtawny, golden
हरिः:
Kartā (apposition; epithet)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootहरि (प्रातिपदिक)
आto, unto
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
गभस्त्योःin the two hands
गभस्त्योः:
Adhikaraṇa (locative: in/at the hands)
TypeNoun
Rootगभस्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
द्यु॒म्नीin splendour, in brilliance
द्यु॒म्नी:
Adhikaraṇa (locative: in splendour/brightness)
TypeNoun
Rootद्यु॒म्न (प्रातिपदिक)
सुशिप्रःfair-lipped / of good jaws
सुशिप्रः:
Viśeṣaṇa (of इन्द्रः understood)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु-शिप्र (प्रातिपदिक) (सु- + शिप्र)
हरिमन्युसायकःwhose missile is tawny wrath; with tawny-anger as weapon
हरिमन्युसायकः:
Viśeṣaṇa (of इन्द्रः understood)
TypeAdjective
Rootहरि-मन्यु-सायक (समास-प्रातिपदिक) (हरि + मन्यु + सायक)
इन्द्रेin/for Indra
इन्द्रे:
Adhikaraṇa (locative: in Indra)
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
निdown, into
नि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनि (उपसर्ग/निपात)
रूपाःforms, shapes
रूपाः:
Kartā (subject of मिमिक्षिरे)
TypeNoun
Rootरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
हरिताःtawny, golden
हरिताः:
Viśeṣaṇa (of रूपाः)
TypeAdjective
Rootहरित (प्रातिपदिक)
मिमिक्षिरेhave mingled/combined; have been blended
मिमिक्षिरे:
Kriyā (finite verb)
TypeVerb
Root√मिक्ष् (मिक्षँ) / √मिह्? (वेदिक: ‘to mix, blend, unite’)
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