Rig Veda 9.23.7: Mandala 9, Sukta 23, Mantra 7

Sukta 9.23

Rishi: Uncertain/Traditional: Soma Pavamāna seers

Devata: Indra empowered by Soma (Indra-Soma complex within Soma Pavamāna context)

Chandas: Not determinable with certainty from provided verse alone

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अस्य पीत्वा मदानामिन्द्रो वृत्राण्यप्रति । जघान जघनच्च नु ॥

Transliteration

asyá pītvā́ madā́nām índro vṛtrā́ṇy apratí | jaghā́na jaghánac ca nú ||

Translation

Having drunk of these ecstasies, Indra smote the Vṛtras that resist—he has smitten them, and even now he goes on smiting.

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Word by Word

• अस्य: of this (Soma)
• अस्य: सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) → अस्य

• पीत्वा: having drunk
• पीत्वा: क्रियाविशेषण (पूर्वकर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु) ‘to drink’

• मदानाम्: of the intoxications / exhilarations
• मदानाम्: सम्बन्ध (genitive; of the exhilarations)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद (प्रातिपदिक) ‘intoxication, exhilaration’

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• वृत्राणि: the Vṛtras / obstacles
• वृत्राणि: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्र (प्रातिपदिक) ‘obstructor, Vṛtra; obstacles’

• अप्रति: irresistibly / without opposition
• अप्रति: क्रियाविशेषण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अ- + प्रति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) ‘not against; irresistible’

• जघान: slew
• जघान: क्रिया (कर्तृ: इन्द्रः; कर्म: वृत्राणि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु) ‘to strike, slay’ (परस्मैपद) → जघान

• जघनत्: he slew
• जघनत्: क्रिया (पुनरुक्ति-बलार्थ)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु) ‘to strike, slay’ → जघनत्

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (निपात)

• नु: now / indeed
• नु: क्रियाविशेषण
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु (निपात)