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Ṛk 1.23.9

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Saṃhitā

ह॒त वृ॒त्रं सु॑दानव॒ इंद्रे॑ण॒ सह॑सा यु॒जा ।
मा नो॑ दुः॒शंस॑ ईशत ॥

हत वृत्रं सुदानव इन्द्रेण सहसा युजा |
मा नो दुःशंस ईशत ||

hatá vṛtrám sudānava índreṇa sáhasā yujā́ ǀ
mā́ no duḥśáṃsa īśata ǁ

hata vṛtraṃ sudānava indreṇa sahasā yujā |
mā no duḥśaṃsa īśata ||

Padapāṭha

ह॒त । वृ॒त्रम् । सु॒ऽदा॒न॒वः॒ । इन्द्रे॑ण । सह॑सा । यु॒जा ।
मा । नः॒ । दुः॒ऽशंसः॑ । ई॒श॒त॒ ॥

हत । वृत्रम् । सुऽदानवः । इन्द्रेण । सहसा । युजा ।
मा । नः । दुःऽशंसः । ईशत ॥

hatá ǀ vṛtrám ǀ su-dānavaḥ ǀ índreṇa ǀ sáhasā ǀ yujā́ ǀ
mā́ ǀ naḥ ǀ duḥ-śáṃsaḥ ǀ īśata ǁ

hata ǀ vṛtram ǀ su-dānavaḥ ǀ indreṇa ǀ sahasā ǀ yujā ǀ
mā ǀ naḥ ǀ duḥ-śaṃsaḥ ǀ īśata ǁ

References

Maṇḍala · Sūkta · Ṛk
01.023.09
Aṣṭaka · Adhyāya · Varga · Ṛk
1.2.09.04
Maṇḍala · Anuvāka · Ṛk
01.05.062
Devatā देवता
1: Vāyu; 2, 3: Indra, Vāyu; 4-6: Mitra, Varuṇa; 7-9: Indra Marutvat; 10-12: Viśvedevās; 13-15: Pūṣan; 16-22: Apas; 23: Apas (A); Agni (B); 24: Agni
Ṛṣi ऋषि
Medhātithi Kāṇva
Chandas छन्दस्
Gāyatrī, Anuṣṭubh, Pura-Uṣṇih, Pratiṣṭhā
Svara स्वरः
षड्जः

Text and interpretations from the Ṛgveda database of theveda.org.in.

Ṛgveda 1.23.9

Interpretations

Kapali Shastri

Translation

Tr. Along with forceful Indra, O auspicious givers, destroy Vritra; may not ill-will master us.

Commentary

sudānavaḥ O auspicious givers (dānu like bhānu belongs to Unadi class, so nu) ; hosts of Maruts; sahasa forceful (possessive sense is implied); yuja yoked (yuj to join, suffix); indreņa with Indra; vſtram Titan of this name; hata destroy (Imperative of han, second person plural); duḥsamsaħ ill-will, any whatsoever; naḥ towards us; mā iśata may not be the master (is to rule. Imperfect for Aorist in the Veda; absense of a because of use with mā).