Rig Veda 1.80.6: Mandala 1, Sukta 80, Mantra 6
Sukta 1.80
Rishi: Gautama Rāhūgaṇa (traditional)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
अधि सानौ नि जिघ्नते वज्रेण शतपर्वणा । मन्दान इन्द्रो अन्धसः सखिभ्यो गातुमिच्छत्यर्चन्ननु स्वराज्यम् ॥
Transliteration
adhí sā́nau ní jighnate vájreṇa śatá-parvaṇā | mandānó índro ándhasaḥ sákhibhyo gā́tum ícchaty ’rcann ánu sva-rā́jyam ||
Translation
Upon the ridge he strikes him down with the hundred-jointed thunderbolt. Indra, exulting in the pressed Soma, seeks for his comrades a path of going—shining as he establishes self-sovereignty.
Word by Word
अधिupon, on
अधि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
सानौon the summit/ridge
सानौ:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootसानु (प्रातिपदिक)
निdown, in
नि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
जिघ्नतेthey strike/kill
जिघ्नते:
Kartā
TypeVerb
Rootहन् (धातु) < जिघ्न- (वेद. वर्तमान-प्रत्यय/अभ्यास)
वज्रेणwith the thunderbolt
वज्रेण:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootवज्र (प्रातिपदिक)
शतपर्वणाwith the hundred-jointed (one)
शतपर्वणा:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootशतपर्वन् (प्रातिपदिक; बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-समास: शत- + पर्वन्)
मन्दानःrejoicing, exhilarated
मन्दानः:
Kartā
TypeParticiple (Adjective) / Verb-derived
Rootमन्द् (धातु) → मन्दान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; शानच्/आनच् प्रकारः)
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
अन्धसःof the soma-juice (intoxicant)
अन्धसः:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootअन्धस् (प्रातिपदिक)
सखिभ्यःto the comrades/friends
सखिभ्यः:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootसखि (प्रातिपदिक)
गातुम्a path, passage
गातुम्:
Karma
TypeNoun (used as infinitival object)
Rootगातु (प्रातिपदिक)
इच्छतिhe desires
इच्छति:
—
TypeVerb
Rootइष् (धातु)
अर्चन्praising, singing
अर्चन्:
Kartā
TypeParticiple (Adjective) / Verb-derived
Rootअर्च् (धातु) → अर्चन्त् (कृदन्त; शतृ)
अनुalong, after
अनु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
स्वराज्यम्self-rule, sovereignty
स्वराज्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootस्वराज्य (प्रातिपदिक; स्व- + राज्य)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
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Yogic Application
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