Rig Veda 8.6.6: Mandala 8, Sukta 6, Mantra 6
Sukta 8.6
Rishi: Kaṇva
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (likely; standard for Indra-Vṛtra narratives)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
वि चिद्वृत्रस्य दोधतो वज्रेण शतपर्वणा । शिरो बिभेद वृष्णिना ॥
Transliteration
ví cid vṛtrásya dódhato vájreṇa śatáparvaṇā | śíro bibheda vṛṣṇínā ||
Translation
Walau Vṛtra menggeliat dan melawan, Indra dengan vajra bersendi seratus membelah kepalanya dengan daya yang perkasa.
Word by Word
विapart, asunder; intensifier with the verb
वि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि- (upasarga) / √वि (विभज्-आदि अर्थे) as preverb
चित्indeed, even
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (निपात) < PIE *kʷid ‘what/indeed’
वृत्रस्यof Vṛtra (the obstructing demon)
वृत्रस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootवृत्र (प्रातिपदिक) < √वृ (वरणे/आवरणे) ‘to cover, obstruct’
दोधतःof (him) shaking/roaring; of the raging one
दोधतः:
विशेषण (genitive attribute to वृत्रस्य)
TypeVerb (participle)
Root√दुध्/दुह् (कम्पने/दोहने) ; Vedic intensive/reduplicated present stem दोधत्-
वज्रेणwith the thunderbolt
वज्रेण:
करण
TypeNoun
Rootवज्र (प्रातिपदिक) ‘thunderbolt’
शतपर्वणाhaving a hundred joints/segments (epithet of the bolt)
शतपर्वणा:
करण (instrumental qualifier)
TypeAdjective (compound)
Rootशत-पर्वन् (समास) शत ‘hundred’ + पर्वन् ‘joint, segment’
शिरःthe head
शिरः:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootशिरस् (प्रातिपदिक) ‘head’
बिभेदhe split, he cleft
बिभेद:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√भिद् (भेदने) ‘to split’
वृष्णिनाby the Bull/Strong one (Indra)
वृष्णिना:
करण (agentive-instrumental: ‘by/with the strong one’)
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootवृष्णि (प्रातिपदिक) ‘bull-like one; the strong one’ (epithet, esp. of Indra)
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