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Ṛk 1.32.5

Indra · Hiraṇyastūpa Āṅgirasa

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Saṃhitā

अह॑न्वृ॒त्रं वृ॑त्र॒तरं॒ व्यं॑स॒मिंद्रो॒ वज्रे॑ण मह॒ता व॒धेन॑ ।
स्कंधां॑सीव॒ कुलि॑शेना॒ विवृ॒क्णाहिः॑ शयत उप॒पृक्पृ॑थि॒व्याः ॥

अहन् वृत्रं वृत्रतरं व्यंसम् इन्द्रो वज्रेण महता वधेन |
स्कन्धांसीव कुलिशेना विवृक्णाहिः शयत उपपृक् पृथिव्याः ||

áhanvṛtrám vṛtratáram vyáṃsamíndro vájreṇa mahatā́ vadhéna ǀ
skándhāṃsīva kúliśenā vívṛkṇā́hiḥ śayata upapṛ́kpṛthivyā́ḥ ǁ

ahan vṛtraṃ vṛtrataraṃ vyaṃsam indro vajreṇa mahatā vadhena |
skandhāṃsīva kuliśenā vivṛkṇāhiḥ śayata upapṛk pṛthivyāḥ ||

Padapāṭha

अह॑न् । वृ॒त्रम् । वृ॒त्र॒ऽतर॑म् । विऽअं॑सम् । इन्द्रः॑ । वज्रे॑ण । म॒ह॒ता । व॒धेन॑ ।
स्कन्धां॑सिऽइव । कुलि॑शेन । विऽवृ॑क्णा । अहिः॑ । श॒य॒ते॒ । उ॒प॒ऽपृक् । पृ॒थि॒व्याः ॥

अहन् । वृत्रम् । वृत्रऽतरम् । विऽअंसम् । इन्द्रः । वज्रेण । महता । वधेन ।
स्कन्धांसिऽइव । कुलिशेन । विऽवृक्णा । अहिः । शयते । उपऽपृक् । पृथिव्याः ॥

áhan ǀ vṛtrám ǀ vṛtra-táram ǀ ví-aṃsam ǀ índraḥ ǀ vájreṇa ǀ mahatā́ ǀ vadhéna ǀ
skándhāṃsi-iva ǀ kúliśena ǀ ví-vṛkṇā ǀ áhiḥ ǀ śayate ǀ upa-pṛ́k ǀ pṛthivyā́ḥ ǁ

ahan ǀ vṛtram ǀ vṛtra-taram ǀ vi-aṃsam ǀ indraḥ ǀ vajreṇa ǀ mahatā ǀ vadhena ǀ
skandhāṃsi-iva ǀ kuliśena ǀ vi-vṛkṇā ǀ ahiḥ ǀ śayate ǀ upa-pṛk ǀ pṛthivyāḥ ǁ

References

Maṇḍala · Sūkta · Ṛk
01.032.05
Aṣṭaka · Adhyāya · Varga · Ṛk
1.2.36.05
Maṇḍala · Anuvāka · Ṛk
01.07.023
Devatā देवता
Indra
Ṛṣi ऋषि
Hiraṇyastūpa Āṅgirasa
Chandas छन्दस्
Triṣṭubh
Svara स्वरः
धैवतः

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Ṛgveda 1.32.5

Interpretations

Kapali Shastri

Translation

Tr. Indra dealing a mighty blow struck the superb coverer Vritra with his thunderbolt cutting his shoulders. The vile one lay dormant close to the earth like tree trunks specially cut with axe.

Commentary

indraḥ Indra vrtrataram superb coverer of the world, vrtram the coverer Asura in the form of cloud vajreņa by the weapon Vajra mahatā by a mighty vadhena stroke (For han the noun form vadha) vyamsam so cut the arms as to cause loss of shoulders ahan struck. Such cutting is illustrated. kuliśena by axe vivrkņā specially cut skandhāmsi iva tree trunks fall on the ground, likewise, ahiḥ Vritra prthivyāḥ to the earth upaprk attached in proximity śayate sleeps. vivṛknā- vraśru to cut. Participle na; śayate- śayah after si absence of disappearance of affix.

Thus ends the thirty-sixth Group in the second Chapter of the first Eighth.