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Ṛk 1.32.6

Indra · Hiraṇyastūpa Āṅgirasa

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Saṃhitā

अ॒यो॒द्धेव॑ दु॒र्मद॒ आ हि जु॒ह्वे म॑हावी॒रं तु॑विबा॒धमृ॑जी॒षं ।
नाता॑रीदस्य॒ समृ॑तिं व॒धानां॒ सं रु॒जानाः॑ पिपिष॒ इंद्र॑शत्रुः ॥

अयोद्धेव दुर्मद आ हि जुह्वे महावीरं तुविबाधम् ऋजीषम् |
नातारीद् अस्य समृतिं वधानां सं रुजानाः पिपिष इन्द्रशत्रुः ||

ayoddhéva durmáda ā́ hí juhvé mahāvīrám tuvibādhámṛjīṣám ǀ
nā́tārīdasya sámṛtim vadhā́nām sám rujā́nāḥ pipiṣa índraśatruḥ ǁ

ayoddheva durmada ā hi juhve mahāvīraṃ tuvibādham ṛjīṣam |
nātārīd asya samṛtiṃ vadhānāṃ saṃ rujānāḥ pipiṣa indraśatruḥ ||

Padapāṭha

अ॒यो॒द्धाऽइ॑व । दुः॒ऽमदः॑ । आ । हि । जु॒ह्वे । म॒हा॒ऽवी॒रम् । तु॒वि॒ऽबा॒धम् । ऋ॒जी॒षम् ।
न । अ॒ता॒री॒त् । अ॒स्य॒ । सम्ऽऋ॑तिम् । व॒धाना॑म् । सम् । रु॒जानाः॑ । पि॒पि॒षे॒ । इन्द्र॑ऽशत्रुः ॥

अयोद्धाऽइव । दुःऽमदः । आ । हि । जुह्वे । महाऽवीरम् । तुविऽबाधम् । ऋजीषम् ।
न । अतारीत् । अस्य । सम्ऽऋतिम् । वधानाम् । सम् । रुजानाः । पिपिषे । इन्द्रऽशत्रुः ॥

ayoddhā́-iva ǀ duḥ-mádaḥ ǀ ā́ ǀ hí ǀ juhvé ǀ mahā-vīrám ǀ tuvi-bādhám ǀ ṛjīṣám ǀ
ná ǀ atārīt ǀ asya ǀ sám-ṛtim ǀ vadhā́nām ǀ sám ǀ rujā́nāḥ ǀ pipiṣe ǀ índra-śatruḥ ǁ

ayoddhā-iva ǀ duḥ-madaḥ ǀ ā ǀ hi ǀ juhve ǀ mahā-vīram ǀ tuvi-bādham ǀ ṛjīṣam ǀ
na ǀ atārīt ǀ asya ǀ sam-ṛtim ǀ vadhānām ǀ sam ǀ rujānāḥ ǀ pipiṣe ǀ indra-śatruḥ ǁ

References

Maṇḍala · Sūkta · Ṛk
01.032.06
Aṣṭaka · Adhyāya · Varga · Ṛk
1.2.37.01
Maṇḍala · Anuvāka · Ṛk
01.07.024
Devatā देवता
Indra
Ṛṣi ऋषि
Hiraṇyastūpa Āṅgirasa
Chandas छन्दस्
Triṣṭubh
Svara स्वरः
धैवतः

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Ṛgveda 1.32.6

Interpretations

Kapali Shastri

Translation

Tr. Like one who has no combatant, he of evil joy challenged the great warrior, the oppressor of several, the remover. Having Indra as foe, he could not parry the impact of blows. He ground to a halt the rivers.

Commentary

ayoddhā-iva as one who has no combatant durmadaḥ having wicked pleasure because of haughtiness mahāvīram the great warrior tuvibādham the oppressor of plenty of enemies rjīşam the remover of foes indram Indra ā juhve hi (Vritra) challenged. asya of Indra's vadhānām samſtim impact of blows nātārīt was unable to parry, that one of wicked pleasure. He indrasatruḥ having Indra as his foe, Vritra rujānāḥ the rivers sampipişe ground to a halt. Sayana says that because of the fall of Vritra's body that covered all the worlds, the stones etc. there broke to pieces. “By rujānāḥ, are not the necks mentioned? He had ground portions of his own neck. The meaning is that he was powdered hit by the blows”. This is Skandaswamin. rjīşam The termination işan on arja and rja. “The left-over of the purified Soma is rjīşam, one who has that says Sayana. rujānāḥ ruj to break. Participle interchanged. pipișe pişlr to grind to powder. Perfect Tense by interchange.