Rig Veda 1.32.3 — Mandala 1, Sukta 32, Mantra 3
Sukta 1.32
Rishi: गृत्समदः शौनकः (Gṛtsamada Śaunaka)
Devata: इन्द्रः (Indra)
Chandas: त्रिष्टुप् (Triṣṭubh)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
वृषायमाणोऽवृणीत सोमं त्रिकद्रुकेष्वपिबत्सुतस्य । आ सायकं मघवादत्त वज्रमहन्नेनं प्रथमजामहीनाम् ॥
Transliteration
vṛṣāyámāṇo ’vṛṇīta sómaṃ trikádrukeṣv apibat sutásya | ā sā́yakaṃ maghávā́ datta vájram áhann enaṃ prathamajā́m áhīnām ||
Translation
Growing into the force of the Bull, he chose the Soma; in the triple-pressing seats he drank of the expressed delight. Then the Bounteous One took up the missile, he laid hold of the thunderbolt; and he smote that first-born of the serpentine powers of obstruction.
Word by Word
वृषायमाणःacting like a bull; raging (Indra)
वृषायमाणः:
कर्तृ
TypeVerb (participle)
Rootवृषाय (धातु; वृष्/वृषभ-भावे, ‘वृषायते’)
अवृणीतchose
अवृणीत:
कर्तृ
TypeVerb
Rootवृ (वृणोति/वृणुते ‘choose’)
सोमम्Soma (juice)
सोमम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootसोम (प्रातिपदिक)
त्रिकद्रुकेषुin the Trikadrukas (three pressing-places)
त्रिकद्रुकेषु:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun (locative phrase)
Rootत्रिकद्रुक (प्रातिपदिक; त्रि+कद्रुक)
अपिबत्drank
अपिबत्:
कर्तृ
TypeVerb
Rootपा (पिबति ‘drink’)
सुतस्यof the pressed (Soma)
सुतस्य:
सम्बन्ध
TypeAdjective/Noun (genitive qualifier)
Rootसु (धातु ‘press out’) → सुत (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
आto; forth; up (preverb)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
सायकम्missile; dart
सायकम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootसायक (प्रातिपदिक)
मघवाthe bountiful one (Indra)
मघवा:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootमघवन् (प्रातिपदिक; इन्द्र-विशेषण)
अदत्तgave; took up (bestowed/assumed)
अदत्त:
कर्तृ
TypeVerb
Rootदा (ददाति ‘give’)
वज्रम्the thunderbolt
वज्रम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootवज्र (प्रातिपदिक)
अहन्slew; struck down
अहन्:
कर्तृ
TypeVerb
Rootहन् (हनति ‘smite, slay’)
एनम्him
एनम्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्/इदम्-प्रत्ययात्मक सर्वनाम (enam)
प्रथमजाम्the first-born (one)
प्रथमजाम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootप्रथमजा (प्रातिपदिक; प्रथम+जा ‘first-born’)
अहीनाम्of the serpents (Ahi-s)
अहीनाम्:
सम्बन्ध
TypeNoun
Rootअहि (प्रातिपदिक)
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