Rig Veda 8.6.17: Mandala 8, Sukta 6, Mantra 17

Sukta 8.6

Rishi: Kaṇva

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

य इमे रोदसी मही समीची समजग्रभीत् । तमोभिरिन्द्र तं गुहः ॥

Transliteration

yá imé ródasī mahī́ samīcī́ samajagrabhīt | támobhir indra táṃ guhaḥ ||

Translation

He who seized together these two great Worlds, the Heaven and the Earth, drawing them into right facing—him, O Indra, you hid with darknesses: the concealed power waiting to be released into light.

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Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika ‘ya-’)

• इमे: these two
• इमे: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• रोदसी: the two worlds (heaven and earth)
• रोदसी: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोदसी (prātipadika; dual of ‘rodas-’)

• मही: great
• मही: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मही (prātipadika; from मह्/महā ‘great’)

• समीची: facing each other / in mutual correspondence
• समीची: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समीची (prātipadika; from सम् + अञ्च् ‘to turn/face’)

• सम्: together, completely
• सम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (upasarga)

• अजग्रभीत्: seized, grasped
• अजग्रभीत्: Kriyā (verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु) with reduplication (जग्रभ्) + आङ् (ā-) ; aorist formation

• तमः: darkness
• तमः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमस् (prātipadika)

• भिः: with (by means of)
• भिः: Karaṇa
• Type: Postpositional ending (vibhakti)
• Root: भिस् (instrumental plural ending)

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: इन्द्र (prātipadika)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (sarvanāma-prātipadika)

• गुहः: you hide / conceal
• गुहः: Kriyā (verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गुह् (धातु ‘to hide/conceal’)