Rig Veda 1.133.2: Mandala 1, Sukta 133, Mantra 2

Sukta 1.133

Rishi: Gautama Rāhūgaṇa (traditional attribution for RV 1.133)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (probable for this short verse; exact metrical assignment may vary by recension analysis)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अभिव्लग्या चिदद्रिवः शीर्षा यातुमतीनाम् । छिन्धि वटूरिणा पदा महावटूरिणा पदा ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 1.133.2

Transliteration

abhí-vlagyā́ cid adrivaḥ śīrṣā́ yātu-mátīnām | chindhí vaṭū́riṇā padā́ mahā́-vaṭūriṇā padā́ ||

Translation

Mesmo quando saltam sobre ti, ó portador da pedra, fere na cabeça as forças de feitiçaria. Corta-as com teu pé que esmaga — com teu grande pé que esmaga.

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Word by Word

• अभि: towards, against
• अभि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि (उपसर्ग)

• व्लग्या: with/by a blow; with a stroke
• व्लग्या: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्लग्य (प्रातिपदिक; √व्लग्/वल्ग् ‘to strike/assail’ से व्युत्पन्न, वैदिक)

• चित्: even, indeed
• चित्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चित् (निपात)

• अद्रिवः: O stone-/bolt-bearing one (epithet)
• अद्रिवः: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: अद्रि-वस् (प्रातिपदिक; अद्रि ‘पत्थर/वज्र’ + वस् ‘धारण/युक्त’)

• शीर्षा: with the head
• शीर्षा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: शीर्षन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• यातु: let (him/it) go; may it go
• यातु: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (गत्यर्थ)

• मतीनाम्: of the counsels/thoughts
• मतीनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मती (प्रातिपदिक; मति ‘thought, counsel’)

• छिन्धि: cut! cleave!
• छिन्धि: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √छिद् (छेदन)

• वटूरिणा: with the club/striker
• वटूरिणा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: वटूरिन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘वटूर’/‘वटूरि’ = दण्ड/वज्र/प्रहारक-उपकरण, वैदिक)

• पदा: with the foot/step
• पदा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)

• महावटूरिणा: with the great club/striker
• महावटूरिणा: Karaṇa
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: महा-वटूरिन् (प्रातिपदिक; महा + वटूरिन्)

• पदा: with the foot/step
• पदा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)