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Rig Veda 6.20.5: Mandala 6, Sukta 20, Mantra 5

Sukta 6.20

Rishi: Bharadvāja Bārhaspatya
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (likely)

महो द्रुहो अप विश्वायु धायि वज्रस्य यत्पतने पादि शुष्णः । उरु ष सरथं सारथये करिन्द्रः कुत्साय सूर्यस्य सातौ ॥

mahó druhó ápa viśvā́yu dhāyi vájrasya yát pátane pā́di śúṣṇaḥ | urú ṣá sa-rátham sā́rathaye kár índraḥ kútsāya sū́ryasya sā́tau ||

The great malice was laid low, the all-devouring harm, when Śuṣṇa fell before the descent of the thunderbolt. Wide then became the path and the chariot-course: Indra became the charioteer for Kutsa in the winning of the Sun (the recovered light).

महोgreat, mighty
महो:
विशेषण (कर्म/कर्तृ-सम्बन्धे)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
द्रुहःhostile harms, treacheries
द्रुहः:
कर्म (अप + वि-धायि के साथ: ‘द्रोहान्/द्रुहः’)
TypeNoun
Rootद्रुह् (प्रातिपदिक: द्रुह्/द्रुह्- ‘द्रोह, हानि’)
अपaway, off
अप:
क्रियाविशेषण (अपसारणार्थ)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअप (उपसर्ग/निपात)
विश्वायुःall-life(-giving), of universal vitality
विश्वायुः:
कर्तृ (धायि का कर्ता: इन्द्रः—‘विश्वायुः’)
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्वायु (प्रातिपदिक: विश्व- + आयु)
धायिhe set/put/established
धायि:
क्रिया (मुख्य क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootधा (धातु)
वज्रस्यof the thunderbolt
वज्रस्य:
सम्बन्ध (यत्… पतने: वज्रस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootवज्र (प्रातिपदिक)
यत्when; that
यत्:
सम्बन्ध (उपवाक्य-प्रवर्तक)
TypeIndeclinable (relative) / Pronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम)
पतनेin the falling; at the blow
पतने:
अधिकरण (पतने = ‘in the fall/at the striking down’)
TypeNoun
Rootपतन (प्रातिपदिक; √पत्)
पादिfell; struck down
पादि:
क्रिया (उपवाक्ये)
TypeVerb
Rootपद्/पद् (धातु; वैदिक प्रयोग ‘पादि’)
शुष्णःŚuṣṇa (the demon)
शुष्णः:
कर्तृ/विषय (पादि—शुष्णः ‘Shushna fell’)
TypeProper Noun
Rootशुष्ण (प्रातिपदिक; दैत्यनाम)
उरुwide, broad
उरु:
कर्म (कृ/कर् के साथ: ‘उरु … कर्’)
TypeAdjective
Rootउरु (प्रातिपदिक)
he
:
कर्तृ (कर् का कर्ता: स = इन्द्रः)
TypePronoun
Rootस (सर्वनाम; एष/स)
सरथम्with chariot; chariot-going
सरथम्:
कर्म/विशेष्य (उरु … सरथम्—‘a broad chariot(-way)/chariot(-course)’)
TypeAdjective
Rootसरथ (प्रातिपदिक: स-रथ ‘with chariot’)
सारथयेfor the charioteer
सारथये:
सम्प्रदान (सारथये = ‘for the charioteer’)
TypeNoun
Rootसारथि (प्रातिपदिक)
करत्he made
करत्:
क्रिया (मुख्य क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
कर्तृ (करत्/धायि का कर्ता)
TypeProper Noun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
कुत्सायfor Kutsa
कुत्साय:
सम्प्रदान (कुत्साय = ‘for Kutsá’)
TypeProper Noun
Rootकुत्स (प्रातिपदिक; ऋषि/वीरनाम)
सूर्यस्यof the Sun
सूर्यस्य:
सम्बन्ध (सातौ—सूर्यस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
सातौin the winning; in the contest/victory
सातौ:
अधिकरण (सातौ = ‘in the winning/contest’)
TypeNoun
Rootसाति (प्रातिपदिक; √सन्/सा ‘to win, gain’)

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