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Ṛk 1.32.3

Indra · Hiraṇyastūpa Āṅgirasa

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Saṃhitā

वृ॒षा॒यमा॑णोऽवृणीत॒ सोमं॒ त्रिक॑द्रुकेष्वपिबत्सु॒तस्य॑ ।
आ साय॑कं म॒घवा॑दत्त॒ वज्र॒मह॑न्नेनं प्रथम॒जामही॑नां ॥

वृषायमाणो ऽवृणीत सोमं त्रिकद्रुकेष्व् अपिबत् सुतस्य |
आ सायकम् मघवादत्त वज्रम् अहन्न् एनम् प्रथमजाम् अहीनाम् ||

vṛṣāyámāṇo’vṛṇīta sómam tríkadrukeṣvapibatsutásya ǀ
ā́ sā́yakam maghávādatta vájramáhannenam prathamajā́máhīnām ǁ

vṛṣāyamāṇo 'vṛṇīta somaṃ trikadrukeṣv apibat sutasya |
ā sāyakam maghavādatta vajram ahann enam prathamajām ahīnām ||

Padapāṭha

वृ॒ष॒ऽयमा॑णः । अ॒वृ॒णी॒त॒ । सोम॑म् । त्रिऽक॑द्रुकेषु । अ॒पि॒ब॒त् । सु॒तस्य॑ ।
आ । साय॑कम् । म॒घवा॑ । अ॒द॒त्त॒ । वज्र॑म् । अह॑न् । ए॒न॒म् । प्र॒थ॒म॒ऽजाम् । अही॑नाम् ॥

वृषऽयमाणः । अवृणीत । सोमम् । त्रिऽकद्रुकेषु । अपिबत् । सुतस्य ।
आ । सायकम् । मघवा । अदत्त । वज्रम् । अहन् । एनम् । प्रथमऽजाम् । अहीनाम् ॥

vṛṣa-yámāṇaḥ ǀ avṛṇīta ǀ sómam ǀ trí-kadrukeṣu ǀ apibat ǀ sutásya ǀ
ā́ ǀ sā́yakam ǀ maghávā ǀ adatta ǀ vájram ǀ áhan ǀ enam ǀ prathama-jā́m ǀ áhīnām ǁ

vṛṣa-yamāṇaḥ ǀ avṛṇīta ǀ somam ǀ tri-kadrukeṣu ǀ apibat ǀ sutasya ǀ
ā ǀ sāyakam ǀ maghavā ǀ adatta ǀ vajram ǀ ahan ǀ enam ǀ prathama-jām ǀ ahīnām ǁ

References

Maṇḍala · Sūkta · Ṛk
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Aṣṭaka · Adhyāya · Varga · Ṛk
1.2.36.03
Maṇḍala · Anuvāka · Ṛk
01.07.021
Devatā देवता
Indra
Ṛṣi ऋषि
Hiraṇyastūpa Āṅgirasa
Chandas छन्दस्
Triṣṭubh
Svara स्वरः
धैवतः

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Ṛgveda 1.32.3

Interpretations

Kapali Shastri

Translation

Tr. Like one pouring he elected the soma-juice and drunk a portion in the three infusions. Opulent, he wielded the weapon Vajra and struck this first- born of clouds.

Commentary

vṛṣāyamēņoủ acting like a bull, showerer, (In the padapātha the short a in vrşa is Vedic) somam soma-juice avrnita elected. trikadrukeșu The sacrificers say that the trikadrukas are the three days of infusion rites. By trikadruka are denoted the sacrifices of the names Jyotiḥ (light) Gauḥ (ray) and Ayuh (life). If so, most appropriate in the sense pertaining to inner sacrifice. In the triad of Jyotiḥ and others sutasya of the extracted soma, a portion apibat he drunk. Then maghavā rich with the drink of soma sāvakam the exterminator of foes (Noun form of so to exterminate) vajram Vajra ādatta he wielded. By that ahinām of the clouds prathamajām he first-born (The affix vit on jana and others. Then jā) enam him ahan struck. Or else enam interchange of case in the sense of instrumental; means by this Vajra.