Rig Veda 10.22.11 — Mandala 10, Sukta 22, Mantra 11

Sukta 10.22

Rishi: Unknown from provided excerpt

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Trishtubh (probable; requires verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

मक्षू ता त इन्द्र दानाप्नस आक्षाणे शूर वज्रिवः । यद्ध शुष्णस्य दम्भयो जातं विश्वं सयावभिः ॥

Transliteration

makṣū́ tā́ ta indra dā́nāpnasa ākṣā́ṇe śūra vajri-vaḥ | yád dha śúṣṇasya dambháyo jātáṃ víśvaṃ sayā́va-bhiḥ ||

Translation

Dengan segera, wahai Indra, datanglah dengan kuasa-kuasa yang memenangi kurnia, wahai wira Vajrin, pada saat pergelutan. Kerana Engkau telah memecahkan daya-tipuan Śuṣṇa; dan dengan kuasa persahabatanmu, Engkau membawa segala yang lahir ke dalam keselamatan dan tertib yang benar.

Word by Word

• मक्षु: quickly, at once
• मक्षु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मक्षु (avyaya-prātipadika)

• ताः: those (gifts/boons)
• ताः: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• ते: of you, your
• ते: —
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (prātipadika)

• दानाप्नसः: (you) gift-winning / gift-attaining
• दानाप्नसः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दान-आप्नस् (prātipadika; bahuvrīhi/tatpuruṣa sense ‘attaining/bringing gifts’)

• आक्षा॒णे: in/at the abiding (i.e., in the encounter/at the time of staying)
• आक्षा॒णे: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Kṛdanta (verbal noun/participle-like form)
• Root: आ-क्षि / क्षि (dhātu ‘to dwell/abide’; here as kṛdanta/nominal form used adverbially in Vedic)

• शूर: O hero
• शूर: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (used as epithet)
• Root: शूर (prātipadika)

• वज्रिवः: O wielder of the vajra
• वज्रिवः: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वज्रिन् (prātipadika)

• यत्: that which
• यत्: Karma (of implied verb ‘did/struck’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (relative pronoun)

• ह: indeed
• ह: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (particle)

• शुष्णस्य: of Śuṣṇa
• शुष्णस्य: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुष्ण (prātipadika; demon-name)

• दम्भयः: deceptions/stratagems
• दम्भयः: Kartā (of ‘जातम्’ in sense ‘arose/was produced’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दम्भ (prātipadika; ‘deceit/stratagem’, also ‘power/skill’ in Vedic)

• जातम्: born, arisen, produced
• जातम्: Karma/Predicative
• Type: Participle
• Root: √जन् (dhātu ‘to be born, arise’) → जात (past passive participle)

• विश्वम्: all, the whole (of it)
• विश्वम्: Karma (apposition to ‘जातम्’)
• Type: Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: विश्व (prātipadika)

• सयावभिः: with allies/with supports
• सयावभिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: सयाव (prātipadika; Vedic instr. pl. of a noun meaning ‘companions/allies/forces’, contextually ‘with allies/with supports’)