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Ṛk 1.32.9

Indra · Hiraṇyastūpa Āṅgirasa

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Saṃhitā

नी॒चाव॑या अभवद्वृ॒त्रपु॒त्रेंद्रो॑ अस्या॒ अव॒ वध॑र्जभार ।
उत्त॑रा॒ सूरध॑रः पु॒त्र आ॑सी॒द्दानुः॑ शये स॒हव॑त्सा॒ न धे॒नुः ॥

नीचावया अभवद् वृत्रपुत्रेन्द्रो अस्या अव वधर् जभार |
उत्तरा सूर् अधरः पुत्र आसीद् दानुः शये सहवत्सा न धेनुः ||

nīcā́vayā abhavadvṛtráputréndro asyā áva vádharjabhāra ǀ
úttarā sū́rádharaḥ putrá āsīddā́nuḥ śaye sahávatsā ná dhenúḥ ǁ

nīcāvayā abhavad vṛtraputrendro asyā ava vadhar jabhāra |
uttarā sūr adharaḥ putra āsīd dānuḥ śaye sahavatsā na dhenuḥ ||

Padapāṭha

नी॒चाऽव॑याः । अ॒भ॒व॒त् । वृ॒त्रऽपु॑त्रा । इन्द्रः॑ । अ॒स्याः॒ । अव॑ । वधः॑ । ज॒भा॒र॒ ।
उत्ऽत॑रा । सूः । अध॑रः । पु॒त्रः । आ॒सी॒त् । दानुः॑ । श॒ये॒ । स॒हऽव॑त्सा । न । धे॒नुः ॥

नीचाऽवयाः । अभवत् । वृत्रऽपुत्रा । इन्द्रः । अस्याः । अव । वधः । जभार ।
उत्ऽतरा । सूः । अधरः । पुत्रः । आसीत् । दानुः । शये । सहऽवत्सा । न । धेनुः ॥

nīcā́-vayāḥ ǀ abhavat ǀ vṛtrá-putrā ǀ índraḥ ǀ asyāḥ ǀ áva ǀ vádhaḥ ǀ jabhāra ǀ
út-tarā ǀ sū́ḥ ǀ ádharaḥ ǀ putráḥ ǀ āsīt ǀ dā́nuḥ ǀ śaye ǀ sahá-vatsā ǀ ná ǀ dhenúḥ ǁ

nīcā-vayāḥ ǀ abhavat ǀ vṛtra-putrā ǀ indraḥ ǀ asyāḥ ǀ ava ǀ vadhaḥ ǀ jabhāra ǀ
ut-tarā ǀ sūḥ ǀ adharaḥ ǀ putraḥ ǀ āsīt ǀ dānuḥ ǀ śaye ǀ saha-vatsā ǀ na ǀ dhenuḥ ǁ

References

Maṇḍala · Sūkta · Ṛk
01.032.09
Aṣṭaka · Adhyāya · Varga · Ṛk
1.2.37.04
Maṇḍala · Anuvāka · Ṛk
01.07.027
Devatā देवता
Indra
Ṛṣi ऋषि
Hiraṇyastūpa Āṅgirasa
Chandas छन्दस्
Triṣṭubh
Svara स्वरः
धैवतः

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Ṛgveda 1.32.9

Interpretations

Kapali Shastri

Translation

Tr. Vritra's mother lowered her arms, Indra flung the striking weapon below her. The mother was above, the son below. She lay like a cow with the calf.

Commentary

vrtraputrā she whose son is Vritra, Vritra's mother nicāvayāḥ she whose arms are down, vayāh name of a branch, as arms are in the position of branches, with arms hanging abhavat was. The sense is that when Vritra was struck, to prevent the blows on him she stood like that asyāḥ of Vritra's mother ava below, over Vritra vadhaḥ Vajra the instrument of striking (substitution of vadha for han) jabhāra struck. (bha for hr and grah) then sūḥ one who gives birth (noun form) dānuḥ uttarā was standing above putraḥ the son Vritra adhraḥ was standing below. She too sahavatsā accompanied by the calf dhenurna like the cow saye lay asleep. What is this Puranic story? We have to seek the truth.