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Ṛk 1.32.12

Indra · Hiraṇyastūpa Āṅgirasa

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Saṃhitā

अश्व्यो॒ वारो॑ अभव॒स्तदिं॑द्र सृ॒के यत्त्वा॑ प्र॒त्यहं॑दे॒व एकः॑ ।
अज॑यो॒ गा अज॑यः शूर॒ सोम॒मवा॑सृजः॒ सर्त॑वे स॒प्त सिंधू॑न् ॥

अश्व्यो वारो अभवस् तद् इन्द्र सृके यत् त्वा प्रत्यहन् देव एकः |
अजयो गा अजयः शूर सोमम् अवासृजः सर्तवे सप्त सिन्धून् ||

áśvyo vā́ro abhavastádindra sṛké yáttvā pratyáhandevá ékaḥ ǀ
ájayo gā́ ájayaḥ śūra sómamávāsṛjaḥ sártave saptá síndhūn ǁ

aśvyo vāro abhavas tad indra sṛke yat tvā pratyahan deva ekaḥ |
ajayo gā ajayaḥ śūra somam avāsṛjaḥ sartave sapta sindhūn ||

Padapāṭha

अश्व्यः॑ । वारः॑ । अ॒भ॒वः॒ । तत् । इ॒न्द्र॒ । सृ॒के । यत् । त्वा॒ । प्र॒ति॒ऽअह॑न् । दे॒वः । एकः॑ ।
अज॑यः । गाः । अज॑यः । शू॒र॒ । सोम॑म् । अव॑ । अ॒सृ॒जः॒ । सर्त॑वे । स॒प्त । सिन्धू॑न् ॥

अश्व्यः । वारः । अभवः । तत् । इन्द्र । सृके । यत् । त्वा । प्रतिऽअहन् । देवः । एकः ।
अजयः । गाः । अजयः । शूर । सोमम् । अव । असृजः । सर्तवे । सप्त । सिन्धून् ॥

áśvyaḥ ǀ vā́raḥ ǀ abhavaḥ ǀ tát ǀ indra ǀ sṛké ǀ yát ǀ tvā ǀ prati-áhan ǀ deváḥ ǀ ékaḥ ǀ
ájayaḥ ǀ gā́ḥ ǀ ájayaḥ ǀ śūra ǀ sómam ǀ áva ǀ asṛjaḥ ǀ sártave ǀ saptá ǀ síndhūn ǁ

aśvyaḥ ǀ vāraḥ ǀ abhavaḥ ǀ tat ǀ indra ǀ sṛke ǀ yat ǀ tvā ǀ prati-ahan ǀ devaḥ ǀ ekaḥ ǀ
ajayaḥ ǀ gāḥ ǀ ajayaḥ ǀ śūra ǀ somam ǀ ava ǀ asṛjaḥ ǀ sartave ǀ sapta ǀ sindhūn ǁ

References

Maṇḍala · Sūkta · Ṛk
01.032.12
Aṣṭaka · Adhyāya · Varga · Ṛk
1.2.38.02
Maṇḍala · Anuvāka · Ṛk
01.07.030
Devatā देवता
Indra
Ṛṣi ऋषि
Hiraṇyastūpa Āṅgirasa
Chandas छन्दस्
Triṣṭubh
Svara स्वरः
धैवतः

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Ṛgveda 1.32.12

Interpretations

Kapali Shastri

Translation

Tr. O Indra, when he struck thee back on the thunderbolt, thou chased him away. God absolute, thou won the cows, won the some-juice, valourous one, thou released the seven rivers to flow.

Commentary

O indra Indra, yat when tvā thou srke in Vajra weapon (srkaḥ name of Vajra, termination uk on the root sr) pratyahan Vritra struck back tat then thou aśvyaḥ born in the horse, a limb of the horse vāraḥ tail (ra optional to la) like the horse's tail warding off flies etc. undoer of Vritra abhavaḥ became. Then ekaḥ sole, without a second devaḥ god, thou gāḥ ajayaḥgot back the confined cows, O sūra endowed with valour somam Soma also ajayaḥ got back sapta sindhūn rivers of seven numbers, the flowing waters sartave to move in the form of floods avāsrjaḥ released, that is liberated. In this Rik, devaḥ ekaḥ means the luminous Vritra, without a second, skilled in all arms, say some. Here what is the connection between the killing of Vritra, acquisition of cows, gain of Soma and liberation of the seven rivers? Or what is intended to be conveyed in such episode? We shall see later.