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Rig Veda 1.133.5: Mandala 1, Sukta 133, Mantra 5

Sukta 1.133

Rishi: Gautama Rāhūgaṇa (traditional)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable)

पिशङ्गभृष्टिमम्भृणं पिशाचिमिन्द्र सं मृण । सर्वं रक्षो नि बर्हय ॥

piśáṅga-bhṛṣṭim ambhṛṇáṃ piśā́cim indra sáṃ mṛṇa | sárvaṃ rákṣo ní barhaya ||

Wahai Indra, remukkan dan hancurkan sekali gus kuasa piśāci—yang berkilau kekuningan, mengembang, penggelap itu; cabut dan tumbangkan setiap bentukan rakṣas daripada diri kami.

पिशङ्गभृष्टिम्the tawny/variegated-weaponed (one)
पिशङ्गभृष्टिम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective (compound)
Rootपिशङ्ग- (प्रातिपदिक) + भृष्टि- (प्रातिपदिक)
अम्भृणम्the devouring/violent one (a demon)
अम्भृणम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective/Noun (epithet)
Rootअम्भृण- (प्रातिपदिक)
पिशाचिम्the Piśācī (demoness)
पिशाचिम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootपिशाचि- (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootइन्द्र- (प्रातिपदिक)
सम्completely, together (intensifier)
सम्:
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootसम् (उपसर्ग)
मृणcrush/destroy!
मृण:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootमृण् (धातु; मृणाति/मृणोति ‘to crush, destroy’)
सर्वम्all (of it), the whole
सर्वम्:
कर्म
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootसर्व- (प्रातिपदिक)
रक्षःthe demon/evil spirit (Rākṣas)
रक्षः:
कर्म (सर्वम् इत्यस्य विशेषण/समाहारः)
TypeNoun
Rootरक्षस्- (प्रातिपदिक)
निdown, away (intensifier)
नि:
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootनि (उपसर्ग)
बर्हयdrive out/expel!
बर्हय:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootबर्ह् (धातु; बर्हयति ‘to drive away, expel, tear out’)

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