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Rig Veda 8.96.18: Mandala 8, Sukta 96, Mantra 18

Sukta 8.96

Rishi: Kāṇva tradition.
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh

त्वं ह त्यद्वृषभ चर्षणीनां घनो वृत्राणां तविषो बभूथ । त्वं सिन्धूँरसृजस्तस्तभानान्त्वमपो अजयो दासपत्नीः ॥

tváṃ ha tyád vṛṣabha carṣaṇīnā́ṃ ghanó vṛtrā́ṇāṃ taviṣó babhūtha | tváṃ síndhūṃr asṛjas tastabhā́nān tvám apó ajayo dāsápatnīḥ ||

हे वृषभा! तूच जनांचा (अधिपती) होऊन अडथळे घालणाऱ्या वृत्रांचा घन—संहारक—असा प्रचंड पराक्रमी झाला आहेस. तू अडवून धरलेल्या नद्यांना मुक्त केलेस; आणि दासाच्या अधीन केलेल्या (दासपत्नी) अपः—जलशक्तींना—तू जिंकलेस.

त्वम्thou
त्वम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
indeed
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
त्यत्that (deed/act)
त्यत्:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
वृषभO bull (mighty one)
वृषभ:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative) / epithet
Rootवृषभ
चर्षणीनाम्of the peoples
चर्षणीनाम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootचर्षणि
घनःsmasher, slayer
घनः:
कर्तृ (विशेषण-रूपेण)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootघन
वृत्राणाम्of the Vṛtras/obstructors
वृत्राणाम्:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootवृत्र
तविषःstrong, mighty
तविषः:
कर्तृ (विशेषण-रूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootतविष
बभूथthou hast become / wast
बभूथ:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
त्वम्thou
त्वम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
सिन्धून्rivers
सिन्धून्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootसिन्धु
असृजःthou didst release
असृजः:
TypeVerb
Rootसृज्
तस्तभानान्those who had been made to stand fast / held back
तस्तभानान्:
कर्म (विशेष्य)
TypeParticiple
Rootस्तभ्
त्वम्thou
त्वम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
अपःwaters
अपः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootअप्
अजयःthou didst win/conquer
अजयः:
TypeVerb
Rootजि
दासपत्नीः(the waters) having the Dāsa as husband / held by the Dāsa
दासपत्नीः:
कर्म
TypeNoun (compound)
Rootदास-पत्नी

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