Rig Veda 1.174.5: Mandala 1, Sukta 174, Mantra 5
Sukta 1.174
Rishi: Agastya Māna (traditional; verify).
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; confirm).
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
वह कुत्समिन्द्र यस्मिञ्चाकन्त्स्यूमन्यू ऋज्रा वातस्याश्वा । प्र सूरश्चक्रं वृहतादभीकेऽभि स्पृधो यासिषद्वज्रबाहुः ॥
Transliteration
váha kútsam indra yásmiṃ cā́kans syūmanyū́ ṛjrā́ vā́tasya áśvā | prá sū́raś cakráṃ vṛhatād abhī́ke ’bhí spṛ́dho yā́siṣad vájra-bāhuḥ ||
Translation
हे इन्द्र, कुत्सं वह—यस्मिन् उद्गीर्णो मन्युः प्रबुद्धः, वातस्य ऋज्राः अश्वाः युक्ताः। अभिके समरे सूर्यः बृहच्चक्रं प्रचोदयति; वज्रबाहुः सर्वाः स्पृधः अभ्यस्यति।
Word by Word
सःhe
सः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → स
कुत्सम्Kutsa (the seer/hero)
कुत्सम्:
Karma
TypeNoun (proper name)
Rootकुत्स (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
यस्मिन्in whom / in which
यस्मिन्:
Adhikaraṇa
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
चand
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
अकन्he made / he effected
अकन्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootकन् (धातु; ‘कनति/कनयति’ इत्यादि; वैदिक प्रयोगः)
स्युमन्युःof swift wrath / having impetuous spirit
स्युमन्युः:
Kartā (as epithet of Indra) / or apposition
TypeNoun/Adjective (epithet)
Rootस्यु-मन्यु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘स्यु’ + ‘मन्यु’)
ऋज्राःthe ruddy ones
ऋज्राः:
Kartā (of implied verb ‘are/ran’) / apposition
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootऋज्र (प्रातिपदिक)
वातस्यof the wind
वातस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootवात (प्रातिपदिक)
अश्वाःhorses
अश्वाः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootअश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
प्रforth / forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootप्र
सूरःthe hero
सूरः:
Kartā
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootसूर (प्रातिपदिक)
चक्रंwheel
चक्रं:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootचक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
वृहतात्let (him) make great / let (it) grow
वृहतात्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb (Vedic injunctive/imperative nuance)
Rootवृह् (धातु) / वृहत् (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
अभीकेin the near encounter / at close quarters
अभीके:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootअभीक (प्रातिपदिक)
अभिagainst / toward
अभि:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootअभि
स्पृधःrivalries / hostile contests
स्पृधः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootस्पृध् (स्त्री. प्रातिपदिक ‘स्पृध्’)
यासिषत्he drove/urged on / he went forth
यासिषत्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु)
वज्रबाहुःthe one whose arm is the vajra (Indra)
वज्रबाहुः:
Kartā
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootवज्र-बाहु (प्रातिपदिक; समासः)
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