Rig Veda 10.153.5: Mandala 10, Sukta 153, Mantra 5
Sukta 10.153
Rishi: Traditionally a late Vedic seer (RV 10.153 Indra hymn; exact attribution varies—external confirmation required)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Gāyatrī or Anuṣṭubh-like short meter (verse is short; exact meter requires pada count verification)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
त्वमिन्द्राभिभूरसि विश्वा जातान्योजसा । स विश्वा भुव आभवः ॥
Transliteration
tvám índrābhíbhūr asi víśvā jātā́ny ójasā | sá víśvā bhúva ā́bhavaḥ ||
Translation
ഹേ ഇന്ദ്രാ, നീ അഭിഭവിക്കുന്ന പരമശക്തിയാണ്; നിന്റെ ഓജസ് (ഏകാഗ്ര തേജസ്) കൊണ്ടു ജനിച്ച എല്ലാറ്റിനെയും നീ അതിക്രമിക്കുന്നു; ഭവത്തിന്റെ എല്ലാ ഭുവനങ്ങളുടെയും വിശാലമായ ആധാരവും അധിപത്യവും നീ തന്നെയാകുന്നു.
Word by Word
त्वम्thou, you
त्वम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
अभिभूःthou overcomest, art overpowering
अभिभूः:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootअभि-भू (धातु √भू ‘to be, become’ with उपसर्ग अभि-; here ‘to overpower’)
असिart
असि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√अस् (धातु ‘to be’)
विश्वाall (things)
विश्वा:
कर्म
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
जातानिborn, produced; creatures/things that are born
जातानि:
कर्म (विश्वा जातानि = ‘all born beings/things’)
TypeParticiple (adjectival) used substantively
Root√जन् (धातु ‘to be born’) → जात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, भूतकृदन्त)
ओजसाby (thy) might, with strength
ओजसा:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootओजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
सःhe; that (one)
सः:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
विश्वाall (things)
विश्वा:
कर्म
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
भुवःworlds, realms, beings
भुवः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootभुवन/भुवस् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘worlds/realms’; Vedic form)
आunto, toward; completely
आ:
क्रियाविशेषण (उपसर्ग)
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
अभवःthou becamest; thou didst become
अभवः:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√भू (धातु ‘to be, become’)
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