Rig Veda 6.27.5: Mandala 6, Sukta 27, Mantra 5

Sukta 6.27

Rishi: Bharadvāja (traditional)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

वधीदिन्द्रो वरशिखस्य शेषोऽभ्यावर्तिने चायमानाय शिक्षन् । वृचीवतो यद्धरियूपीयायां हन्पूर्वे अर्धे भियसापरो दर्त् ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 6.27.5

Transliteration

vadhīd índro varaśikhasya śéṣo 'bhyāvartíne cāyamānā́ya śíkṣan | vṛcī́vato yád dhariyūpī́yāyāṃ hán pū́rve árdhe bhiyásā́paro dart ||

Translation

อินทระได้สังหารเษษะ (Śeṣa) แห่งวรศิขะ (Varaśikha) เพื่อสั่งสอนทั้งผู้ที่หันกลับเข้าต้านและผู้ที่รุกเข้ามา และเมื่อพระองค์ฟาดฟันวฤจีวันต์ (Vṛcīvant) ณ หริยูปียา (Hariyūpīyā) ในช่วงแรกศัตรูแตกพ่ายด้วยความหวาดกลัว แล้วจึงหนีไปภายหลัง

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Word by Word

• वधीः: you slew
• वधीः: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वध्

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र

• वरशिखस्य: of Varśikha (the one with ‘excellent crest/tuft’)
• वरशिखस्य: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun (compound)
• Root: वर-शिख

• शेषः: the remnant/remaining one (i.e., the survivor)
• शेषः: कर्तृ (apposition to इन्द्रः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शेष

• अभ्यावर्तिने: to the one who turns back/returns (attacks again)
• अभ्यावर्तिने: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Adjective (to a person)
• Root: अभि-आ-वर्तिन्

• च: and
• च: (सम्बन्धक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• आयमानाय: to the advancing/coming one
• आयमानाय: सम्प्रदान
• Type: Participle/Adjective
• Root: आ-यम् (यमुँ) → आयमान

• शिक्षन्: instructing/disciplining
• शिक्षन्: कर्तृ (with participial action)
• Type: Verb (participle used predicatively)
• Root: शिक्ष्

• वृचीवतः: of Vṛcīvat (a foe/tribal name)
• वृचीवतः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: वृचीवत्

• यत्: when/that
• यत्: (सम्बन्धक)
• Type: Indeclinable (relative) / pronoun
• Root: यद्

• हरियूपीया॑याम्: at/ in Hariyūpīyā (place/river/region)
• हरियूपीया॑याम्: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun (place-name/locative)
• Root: हरि-यूपीया

• हन्: smite!/slay!
• हन्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb (injunctive/imperative-like)
• Root: हन्

• पूर्वे: formerly/at first
• पूर्वे: अधिकरण (adverbial)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व

• अर्धे: in the half/part
• अर्धे: अधिकरण
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्ध

• भियसा: with fear / by fear
• भियसा: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: भियस्

• अपरः: the other (one) / the later one
• अपरः: कर्तृ
• Type: Adjective (substantivized)
• Root: अपर

• दर्त्: split/broke (through)
• दर्त्: (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृ (दारयति/दर्) or दॄ (to split) → दर्त् (Vedic aorist/impf. form)