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Ṛk 1.32.1

Indra · Hiraṇyastūpa Āṅgirasa

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Saṃhitā

इंद्र॑स्य॒ नु वी॒र्या॑णि॒ प्र वो॑चं॒ यानि॑ च॒कार॑ प्रथ॒मानि॑ व॒ज्री ।
अह॒न्नहि॒मन्व॒पस्त॑तर्द॒ प्र व॒क्षणा॑ अभिन॒त्पर्व॑तानां ॥

इन्द्रस्य नु वीर्याणि प्र वोचं यानि चकार प्रथमानि वज्री |
अहन्न् अहिम् अन्व् अपस् ततर्द प्र वक्षणा अभिनत् पर्वतानाम् ||

índrasya nú vīryā́ṇi prá vocam yā́ni cakā́ra prathamā́ni vajrī́ ǀ
áhannáhimánvapástatarda prá vakṣáṇā abhinatpárvatānām ǁ

indrasya nu vīryāṇi pra vocaṃ yāni cakāra prathamāni vajrī |
ahann ahim anv apas tatarda pra vakṣaṇā abhinat parvatānām ||

Padapāṭha

इन्द्र॑स्य । नु । वी॒र्या॑णि । प्र । वो॒च॒म् । यानि॑ । च॒कार॑ । प्र॒थ॒मानि॑ । व॒ज्री ।
अह॑न् । अहि॑म् । अनु॑ । अ॒पः । त॒त॒र्द॒ । प्र । व॒क्षणाः॑ । अ॒भि॒न॒त् । पर्व॑तानाम् ॥

इन्द्रस्य । नु । वीर्याणि । प्र । वोचम् । यानि । चकार । प्रथमानि । वज्री ।
अहन् । अहिम् । अनु । अपः । ततर्द । प्र । वक्षणाः । अभिनत् । पर्वतानाम् ॥

índrasya ǀ nú ǀ vīryā́ṇi ǀ prá ǀ vocam ǀ yā́ni ǀ cakā́ra ǀ prathamā́ni ǀ vajrī́ ǀ
áhan ǀ áhim ǀ ánu ǀ apáḥ ǀ tatarda ǀ prá ǀ vakṣáṇāḥ ǀ abhinat ǀ párvatānām ǁ

indrasya ǀ nu ǀ vīryāṇi ǀ pra ǀ vocam ǀ yāni ǀ cakāra ǀ prathamāni ǀ vajrī ǀ
ahan ǀ ahim ǀ anu ǀ apaḥ ǀ tatarda ǀ pra ǀ vakṣaṇāḥ ǀ abhinat ǀ parvatānām ǁ

References

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Devatā देवता
Indra
Ṛṣi ऋषि
Hiraṇyastūpa Āṅgirasa
Chandas छन्दस्
Triṣṭubh
Svara स्वरः
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Ṛgveda 1.32.1

Interpretations

Kapali Shastri

Introduction

The second hymn in the seventh section comprises fifteen Riks starting from indrasya nu viryāni. The Rishi is Angirasa Hiranyastupa, the metre is Trishtup and the deity is Indra.

Translation

Tr. I just relate the exploits of Indra, which the bearer of thunderbolt mainly performed. He struck the cloud causing injury to the waters and cleft the flowing rivers of the mountains.

Commentary

This and the hymn, etāyāma etc. both are of Hiranyastupa, dedicated to Indra. Here is mentioned the story of the killing of Vritra and there about Vritra, Navagvas and others. At the close of the two hymns, the purport of both will be told in brief. In this context we shall reflect on the secret behind the story of Vritra's killing and on the true sense of Angiras. Therefore, without contradiction to the gross meaning, we shall mention here merely the word-meanings of the Mantras. The Rishi narrates the exploits of Indra-Indrasya of the king of gods vīryāni valourous deeds pravocam nu I just tell (nu denotes speed, say the commentators, elision of a in vocam, Aorist in the sense of Present) yāni which valourous deeds prathamāni important or not performed by anybody else earlier vajri Indra having the thunderbolt cakāra did. Three such deeds are mentioned. ahim cloud (ahiḥ also denotes Vritra, serpent. The termination i on han when prefixed by ā, ā becomes short) ahan struck; anu afterwards apaḥ the waters tatarda (he) injured. Making the water fall on the ground only is injury. (tard in the sense of causing injury) parvatānām relating to the mountains, rising from them vakşaņāḥ the rivers of flowing nature (vakṣaṇā from vah to flow; name of river) prabhinat (he) broke.