Rig Veda 4.30.16 — Mandala 4, Sukta 30, Mantra 16
Sukta 4.30
Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
उत त्यं पुत्रमग्रुवः परावृक्तं शतक्रतुः । उक्थेष्विन्द्र आभजत् ॥
Transliteration
utá tyáṃ putrám ágruvaḥ parā́vṛktaṃ śatákratuḥ | uktheṣv índra ā́bhajat ||
Translation
وكذلك ذلك الابنُ لخصمٍ لا يلين، وقد انصرف عن السبيل؛ إنَّ إندرا، ذو المئةِ قدرةٍ (شَتَكْرَتو)، ردَّه وجعله نصيبًا للترانيم (أُكثا)—فأعاد القوّةَ الضالّة إلى السمعِ القويمِ للكلمة.
Word by Word
उतand; also; moreover
उत:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत
त्यम्that (one), him
त्यम्:
Karma
TypePronoun (Demonstrative)
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पुत्रम्son
पुत्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
अग्रुवःthe unbending/unyielding one (epithet)
अग्रुवः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootअग्रु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘अ-’ + ‘ग्रु/गुरु’ इत्यादि व्युत्पत्तिः; RV-विशेषण)
परावृक्तम्turned away; driven back
परावृक्तम्:
Karma
TypeParticiple/Adjective
Rootपरावृक्त (कृदन्त; √वृत्/√वृज्? ‘वृक्त’ RV-रूप; ‘परा-’ उपसर्ग)
शतक्रतुःŚatakratu (Indra), ‘of a hundred powers/rites’
शतक्रतुः:
Kartā
TypeNoun (epithet of Indra)
Rootशत-क्रतु (समास; ‘शत’ + ‘क्रतु’)
उक्थेषुin the hymns/recitations (ukthas)
उक्थेषु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootउक्थ
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
Kartā
TypeNoun (deity)
Rootइन्द्र
आभजत्apportioned; bestowed; took to himself
आभजत्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√भज् (सेवने/विभागे), उपसर्गः आ-
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