Rig Veda 2.15.1: Mandala 2, Sukta 15, Mantra 1
Sukta 2.15
Rishi: Gṛtsamada (traditionally for RV 2.15)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (likely; common in Indra-vṛtra hymns)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्र घा न्वस्य महतो महानि सत्या सत्यस्य करणानि वोचम् । त्रिकद्रुकेष्वपिबत्सुतस्यास्य मदे अहिमिन्द्रो जघान ॥
Transliteration
pra ghā nv asya mahato mahāni satyā satyasya karaṇāni vocam | trikadrukeṣv apibat sutasya asya made ahim indro jaghāna ||
Translation
いまわれは、大いなる御方の大いなる業――真なるものの真なる行為を語ろう。三つの杯座（トリカドルカ）にて搾りしソーマを飲み、その法悦の酔いにおいて、インドラは障碍の蛇（アヒ）を打ち倒した。
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
घindeed, surely
घ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootघ (nipāta)
नुnow, indeed
नु:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनु (nipāta)
अस्यof him/this (of Indra)
अस्य:
— (ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (sarvanāman)
महतःof the great
महतः:
— (viśeṣaṇa to ‘अस्य’)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (adj.)
महानिgreat deeds/things
महानि:
Karma (object of ‘वोचम्’)
TypeAdjective (substantivized)
Rootमहत् (adj.)
सत्याtrue (deeds/acts)
सत्या:
Karma (co-object of ‘वोचम्’)
TypeAdjective (substantivized)
Rootसत्य (adj.)
सत्यस्यof the true one / of truth
सत्यस्य:
— (ṣaṣṭhī; qualifier of ‘करणानि’)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootसत्य (noun/adj.)
करणानिdeeds, acts
करणानि:
Karma (object of ‘वोचम्’)
TypeNoun
Rootकरण (from √कृ ‘to do, make’)
वोचम्I proclaimed/spoke
वोचम्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√वच् (to speak)
त्रिकद्रुकेषुat/in the Trikadrukas
त्रिकद्रुकेषु:
Adhikaraṇa (location)
TypeNoun
Rootत्रिकद्रुक (proper noun; Soma-pressing/pressing-stones/places)
अपिबत्he drank
अपिबत्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√पा (to drink)
सुतस्यof the pressed (Soma)
सुतस्य:
— (ṣaṣṭhī; source/possessive with ‘अपिबत्’)
TypeAdjective/Participle (used as noun)
Rootसुत (ppp from √सु ‘to press’)
अस्यof him/this (of Indra)
अस्य:
— (ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (sarvanāman)
मदेin (his) intoxication/rapture
मदे:
Adhikaraṇa (state/occasion)
TypeNoun
Rootमद (noun from √मद् ‘to be exhilarated’)
अहिम्the serpent (Vṛtra)
अहिम्:
Karma (object of ‘जघान’)
TypeNoun
Rootअहि (noun)
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
Kartā (agent)
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (proper noun)
जघानslew, struck down
जघान:
—
TypeVerb
Root√हन् (to strike, slay)
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