Rig Veda 5.32.8: Mandala 5, Sukta 32, Mantra 8
Sukta 5.32
Rishi: Atri (traditional)
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
त्यं चिदर्णं मधुपं शयानमसिन्वं वव्रं मह्याददुग्रः । अपादमत्रं महता वधेन नि दुर्योण आवृणङ्मृध्रवाचम् ॥
Transliteration
tyáṃ cid árṇaṃ madhupáṃ śáyānam asínvaṃ vavrám mahy ā́dad ugráḥ | apā́dam átraṃ mahatā́ vadhéna ní duryóṇa āvṛṇag mṛdhrávācam ||
Translation
即便那洪流，啜饮甘蜜而卧伏其间——凶猛的因陀罗夺取了那广大围裹的洞窟。那无足而诡诈者，他以巨大的杀伐之力击倒；并将那言辞乖曲的势力封闭于恶劣的胎室之中。
Word by Word
त्यम्him/that one
त्यम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
चित्even/indeed
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (निपात)
अर्णम्flood, wave, surge
अर्णम्:
Karma (विशेष्य/उपमान-रूपेण)
TypeNoun
Rootअर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
मधुपम्honey-drinker (bee); honey-sipping
मधुपम्:
Karma (विशेषणम्)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootमधुप (प्रातिपदिक)
शयानम्lying, reclining
शयानम्:
Karma (विशेषणम्)
TypeParticiple
Rootशी (धातु) → शय (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
असिन्वम्not pressing/impelling; un-stirring
असिन्वम्:
Karma (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective (participle-like)
Rootसिव्/स्यू (धातु; ‘to press out/impel’—वेदिक प्रयोग) → असिन्व (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
वव्रम्cave, enclosure, lair
वव्रम्:
Karma (विशेष्य/उपमान)
TypeNoun
Rootवव्र (प्रातिपदिक)
महिgreatly, mightily
महि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमहि (अव्यय/उपसर्गवत्)
आददत्took, seized
आददत्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootदा (धातु) + आ (उपसर्ग) → आ-दद्
उग्रःthe fierce one (Indra)
उग्रः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootउग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
अपादम्footless
अपादम्:
Karma (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-पाद (प्रातिपदिक; नञ्-समास)
अत्रम्a devourer/demon (Atrá)
अत्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
महताwith great
महता:
Karaṇa
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
वधेनslaying, weapon, blow
वधेन:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootवध (प्रातिपदिक)
निdown, into
नि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
दुर्योनःof evil womb/evil lair; ill-born (one)
दुर्योनः:
Kartā (सह-कर्तृ/वर्णन)
TypeNoun
Rootदुर्-योनि (समास-प्रातिपदिक)
आवृणक्covered, enclosed, shut in
आवृणक्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Rootवृ (धातु) + आ (उपसर्ग) → आ-वृण्
मृध्रवाचम्speaking hostility; of hostile speech
मृध्रवाचम्:
Karma (विशेषणम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootमृध्र-वाच् (समास-प्रातिपदिक)
Ritual Application
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Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
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