Rig Veda 6.24.8: Mandala 6, Sukta 24, Mantra 8
Sukta 6.24
Rishi: Bharadvāja Bārhaspatya (traditional attribution for Mandala 6)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (11-syllable pādas; typical for Indra hymns in this section)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
न वीळवे नमते न स्थिराय न शर्धते दस्युजूताय स्तवान् । अज्रा इन्द्रस्य गिरयश्चिदृष्वा गम्भीरे चिद्भवति गाधमस्मै ॥
Transliteration
ná vīḷáve námate ná sthirā́ya ná śárdhate dasyú-jūtāya stavā́n | ájrā́ índrasya gírayas cid ṛṣvā́ gambhīré cid bhávati gā́dham asmai ||
Translation
न वीळवे नमते न स्थिराय, न शर्धते दस्युजूताय स्तवान्। अज्रा इन्द्रस्य गिरयश्चिदृष्वा गम्भीरे चिद्भवति गाधमस्मै।
Word by Word
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
वीळवेto the ‘Vīḷava’ (name/epithet)
वीळवे:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun (proper/epithet)
Rootवीळव (प्रातिपदिक; ‘वीळु/वीळ’ + -व)
नमतेbows / submits
नमते:
—
TypeVerb
Root√नम्
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
स्थिरायto the firm/steadfast one
स्थिराय:
Sampradāna
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootस्थिर (प्रातिपदिक)
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
शर्धतेrages / is violent / attacks
शर्धते:
—
TypeVerb
Root√शर्ध्
दस्युजूतायto one urged on by Dasyus
दस्युजूताय:
Sampradāna
TypeAdjective (tatpuruṣa) used substantively
Rootदस्युजूत (प्रातिपदिक; दस्यु + जूत ‘impelled/urged’)
स्तवान्praising (one)
स्तवान्:
Kartā
TypeParticiple/Adjective
Root√स्तु (स्तवन्- कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
अज्राःunbroken / unfailing
अज्राः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootअज्र (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रस्यof Indra
इन्द्रस्य:
—
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
गिरयःmountains
गिरयः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootगिरि (प्रातिपदिक)
चित्even
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित्
ऋष्वाःlofty / high
ऋष्वाः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective
Rootऋष्व (प्रातिपदिक)
गम्भीरेin the deep (place)
गम्भीरे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootगम्भीर (प्रातिपदिक)
चित्even
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित्
भवतिbecomes / is
भवति:
—
TypeVerb
Root√भू
गाधम्a ford / firm footing / shallow passage
गाधम्:
Karma (as resultant state/predicate)
TypeNoun
Rootगाध (प्रातिपदिक)
अस्मैfor him (i.e., Indra)
अस्मै:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootअयम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
Cross References
Yogic Application
Chanting Notes
Ask anything about this verse
Answers come straight from the texts, with the shlokas they draw on. Ask in your own words.
Not sure where to start?
A free sign-in with Google or Apple keeps your chat saved across web and the app.
Read Rig Veda in the Vedapath app
Scan the QR code to open this directly in the app, with word-by-word meanings, Sanskrit recitation where available, and more.