Rig Veda 8.40.6: Mandala 8, Sukta 40, Mantra 6

Sukta 8.40

Rishi: Nabhāka (traditional)

Devata: Indra (and Indrāgnī background)

Chandas: Jagatī (probable; needs metrical verification)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अपि वृश्च पुराणवद्व्रततेरिव गुष्पितमोजो दासस्य दम्भय । वयं तदस्य सम्भृतं वस्विन्द्रेण वि भजेमहि नभन्तामन्यके समे ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 8.40.6

Transliteration

ápi vṛśca purāṇavád vratáter iva guṣpitám ójo dāsásya dambhaya | vayáṃ tád asya sambhṛtáṃ vásv índreṇa ví bhajemahi nábhantām anyaké samé ||

Translation

ขอจงตัดเสีย แม้ดังครั้งโบราณ—ตัดพลังที่ผูกเป็นปม ดุจผู้ตัดเครื่องผูกแห่งสัตย์ของผู้ทำลายพรต; ขอจงทำลายอำนาจของทาสะ (Dāsa). แล้วขอให้พวกเรา พร้อมด้วยอินทระ (Indra) แบ่งปันทรัพย์อันถูกรวบรวมแห่งความมีอยู่; ขอให้ผู้อื่นทั้งหลายกระจัดกระจายในทุ่งรบเดียวกันนั้น.

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Word by Word

• अपि: also; indeed
• अपि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• वृश्च: cut off; hew down
• वृश्च: (predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृश्च्

• पुराणवत्: as of old; in the ancient way
• पुराणवत्: —
• Type: Adjective/Indeclinable (adverbial)
• Root: पुराण + वत्

• व्रततेः: of the (one) who keeps/holds a vow; of the vow-keeper
• व्रततेः: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रतति-

• इव: like; as
• इव: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• गुष्पितम्: the swollen/strengthened (force); amassed might
• गुष्पितम्: Karma (object of वृश्च)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: गुष्पित- (from √गुष्प/गुष्प्, ‘to swell/strengthen’, Vedic)

• ओजः: might; strength
• ओजः: Karma (object, in apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओजस्

• दासस्य: of the Dāsa (foe)
• दासस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दास-

• दम्भय: crush; subdue; make fail
• दम्भय: (predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दम्भय् (causative of √दभ्/√दम्भ् ‘to harm/deceive’, Vedic)

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Kartā (of विभजेमहि)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (object of विभजेमहि)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्

• अस्य: of him/it
• अस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्/अयम् (enclitic gen.)

• सम्भृतम्: collected; amassed
• सम्भृतम्: Karma (qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-√भृ

• वसु: wealth; good
• वसु: Karma (object/apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु-

• इन्द्रेण: with/through Indra
• इन्द्रेण: Karaṇa (means/agency)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र-

• वि: apart; out; distributively
• वि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि

• भजेमहि: may we share/divide; may we partake
• भजेमहि: (predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भज्

• नभन्ताम्: let them perish; let them be destroyed
• नभन्ताम्: (predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √नभ् (Vedic: ‘to burst/vanish; be destroyed’)

• अन्यके: in/with the other (party); among strangers
• अन्यके: Adhikaraṇa (locus/condition)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: अन्यक- (Vedic adj./noun ‘other, alien’)

• समे: in the battle; in the contest
• समे: Adhikaraṇa (locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सम-