Rig Veda 3.34.6: Mandala 3, Sukta 34, Mantra 6
Sukta 3.34
Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
महो महानि पनयन्त्यस्येन्द्रस्य कर्म सुकृता पुरूणि । वृजनेन वृजिनान्त्सं पिपेष मायाभिर्दस्यूँरभिभूत्योजाः ॥
Transliteration
mahó mahā́ni panayanty asyéndrasya kárma súkṛtā purū́ṇi | vṛjánena vṛjinā́nt sám pipeṣa māyā́bhir dasyū́ṃr abhíbhūtyojāḥ ||
Translation
インドラの業は大いにして偉大、世の人はそれを讃える――よく成し遂げられた数多の働き。まっすぐに正す力によって、曲がり歪んだものを粉砕し、諸々のマーヤー（māyā）によって、制しがたい威力をもってダシュユ（Dasyu）を打ち伏せる。
Word by Word
महोgreat (deed/thing), greatness
महो:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
महानिgreat (things/deeds)
महानि:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
पनयन्तिthey praise, extol
पनयन्ति:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√पन्/पन (स्तुतौ/प्रशंसायाम्) धातु
अस्यof him/this (i.e., of Indra)
अस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रस्यof Indra
इन्द्रस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
कर्मdeed, act
कर्म:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
सुकृताःwell-wrought, well-accomplished
सुकृताः:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसु-कृत (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; ‘well-done’)
पुरूणिmany
पुरूणि:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootपुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
वृजनेनwith the troop/host; with the band (of followers/forces)
वृजनेन:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootवृजन (प्रातिपदिक)
वृजिनान्the wicked, the injurious (foes)
वृजिनान्:
Karma
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootवृजिन (प्रातिपदिक)
सम्together, completely
सम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
पिपेषhe crushed, ground down
पिपेष:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Root√पिष् (पेषणे) धातु
मायाभिःwith stratagems, with powers/arts
मायाभिः:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootमाया (प्रातिपदिक)
दस्यून्Dasyus (hostile tribes/demons)
दस्यून्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदस्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
अभिभूतिby overpowering (force), by conquest
अभिभूति:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअभि-भूति (प्रातिपदिक; ‘overpowering’)
ओजाःstrength, might
ओजाः:
Kartā (appositional to Indra: ‘(he) whose strength…’)
TypeNoun
Rootओजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
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