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Rig Veda 7.18.17: Mandala 7, Sukta 18, Mantra 17

Sukta 7.18

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आध्रेण चित्तद्वेकं चकार सिंह्यं चित्पेत्वेना जघान । अव स्रक्तीर्वेश्यावृश्चदिन्द्रः प्रायच्छद्विश्वा भोजना सुदासे ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 7.18.17
Transliteration

ādhreṇa cit tád vékaṁ cakāra siṁhyáṁ cit pétvenā jaghāna | áva sraktī́r veśyā́vṛścad índraḥ práyachad víśvā bhójanā sudā́se ||

Translation

Mesmo com um instrumento fraco, ele fez disso um único ato decisivo; mesmo a força leonina ele abateu com um simples golpe. Indra cortou os grilhões pendentes da condição comum e concedeu a Sudās todos os gozos e os alimentos.

Word by Word
आध्रेणwith/through the wet (weapon/means); by a moist (means)
आध्रेण:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootआध्र (प्रातिपदिक)
चित्even; indeed
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (अव्यय)
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वेकम्the weka (a hostile person/tribe-name)
वेकम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवेक (प्रातिपदिक)
चकारmade; did
चकार:
—
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
सिंह्यम्lion-like; pertaining to Siṃhya (name/epithet)
सिंह्यम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसिंह्य (प्रातिपदिक)
चित्even
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (अव्यय)
पेत्वेनाwith/through Pétva (name; as an instrument/means)
पेत्वेना:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootपेत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
जघानslew; struck down
जघान:
—
TypeVerb
Rootहन्
अवdown; away
अव:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअव (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
स्रक्तीः(their) hanging locks/tresses; (also) garlands/pendants
स्रक्तीः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootस्रक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
वेश्याः(their) settlements/dwellings (clan-homes)
वेश्याः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवेश्य (प्रातिपदिक)
अवृश्चत्cut off; hewed down
अवृश्चत्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootव्रश्च्
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रायच्छत्gave forth; bestowed
प्रायच्छत्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-यम् (यच्छति)
विश्वाall
विश्वा:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootविश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
भोजनाenjoyments; provisions; spoils
भोजना:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभोजन (प्रातिपदिक)
सुदासेto Sudās
सुदासे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootसुदास (प्रातिपदिक)
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