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Ṛk 1.32.8

Indra · Hiraṇyastūpa Āṅgirasa

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Saṃhitā

न॒दं न भि॒न्नम॑मु॒या शया॑नं॒ मनो॒ रुहा॑णा॒ अति॑ यं॒त्यापः॑ ।
याश्चि॑द्वृ॒त्रो म॑हि॒ना प॒र्यति॑ष्ठ॒त्तासा॒महिः॑ पत्सुतः॒शीर्ब॑भूव ॥

नदं न भिन्नम् अमुया शयानम् मनो रुहाणा अति यन्त्य् आपः |
याश् चिद् वृत्रो महिना पर्यतिष्ठत् तासाम् अहिः पत्सुतःशीर् बभूव ||

nadám ná bhinnámamuyā́ śáyānam máno rúhāṇā áti yantyā́paḥ ǀ
yā́ścidvṛtró mahinā́ paryátiṣṭhattā́sāmáhiḥ patsutaḥśī́rbabhūva ǁ

nadaṃ na bhinnam amuyā śayānam mano ruhāṇā ati yanty āpaḥ |
yāś cid vṛtro mahinā paryatiṣṭhat tāsām ahiḥ patsutaḥśīr babhūva ||

Padapāṭha

न॒दम् । न । भि॒न्नम् । अ॒मु॒या । शया॑नम् । मनः॑ । रुहा॑णाः । अति॑ । य॒न्ति॒ । आपः॑ ।
याः । चि॒त् । वृ॒त्रः । म॒हि॒ना । प॒रि॒ऽअति॑ष्ठत् । तासा॑म् । अहिः॑ । प॒त्सु॒तः॒शीः । ब॒भू॒व॒ ॥

नदम् । न । भिन्नम् । अमुया । शयानम् । मनः । रुहाणाः । अति । यन्ति । आपः ।
याः । चित् । वृत्रः । महिना । परिऽअतिष्ठत् । तासाम् । अहिः । पत्सुतःशीः । बभूव ॥

nadám ǀ ná ǀ bhinnám ǀ amuyā́ ǀ śáyānam ǀ mánaḥ ǀ rúhāṇāḥ ǀ áti ǀ yanti ǀ ā́paḥ ǀ
yā́ḥ ǀ cit ǀ vṛtráḥ ǀ mahinā́ ǀ pari-átiṣṭhat ǀ tā́sām ǀ áhiḥ ǀ patsutaḥśī́ḥ ǀ babhūva ǁ

nadam ǀ na ǀ bhinnam ǀ amuyā ǀ śayānam ǀ manaḥ ǀ ruhāṇāḥ ǀ ati ǀ yanti ǀ āpaḥ ǀ
yāḥ ǀ cit ǀ vṛtraḥ ǀ mahinā ǀ pari-atiṣṭhat ǀ tāsām ǀ ahiḥ ǀ patsutaḥśīḥ ǀ babhūva ǁ

References

Maṇḍala · Sūkta · Ṛk
01.032.08
Aṣṭaka · Adhyāya · Varga · Ṛk
1.2.37.03
Maṇḍala · Anuvāka · Ṛk
01.07.026
Devatā देवता
Indra
Ṛṣi ऋषि
Hiraṇyastūpa Āṅgirasa
Chandas छन्दस्
Triṣṭubh
Svara स्वरः
धैवतः

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Ṛgveda 1.32.8

Interpretations

Kapali Shastri

Translation

Tr. Like a river breaking the bank the waters flow over Vritra thus lying, mounting the mind. The serpent Vritra lay at the very feet of those whom he besieged with his might.

Commentary

amuyā with these characteristics śayānam fallen Vritra āpaḥ waters ati yanti flow passing over. amuyā in this earth, says Sayana. Here is an illustration. bhinnam nadam na like a river that has broken the banks in many places; just as in rains waters overflow by breaking the river banks, in the same manner they flow over the dead Vritra. This is the meaning. Of what kind are the waters? mano ruhānāḥ mounting the minds of men (interchange of participle of the root ruh. The rest is Vedic). It is said that when the dead Vritra lay under the waters like this, the waters mount the mind. Elsewhere when we discuss the hidden sense, the purport has to be looked into. He says that Vritra lay fallen at the very feet of those waters whose coverer and therefore restrainer he was. vſtraḥ Vritra mahinā by his greatness yāḥ cit which very waters paryațișthat stood surrounding them ahiḥ Vritra tāsām those waters patsutaḥ śiḥ lying under the feet babhuva became (the substitution of pad for the word pādā; the appendage su is Vedic; indeclinable in the sense of locative, then the termination i on śay).