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Rig Veda 3.30.3: Mandala 3, Sukta 30, Mantra 3

Sukta 3.30

Rishi: Viśvāmitra Gāthina
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

इन्द्रः सुशिप्रो मघवा तरुत्रो महाव्रातस्तुविकूर्मिॠघावान् । यदुग्रो धा बाधितो मर्त्येषु क्व त्या ते वृषभ वीर्याणि ॥

índraḥ suśípro maghávā tárutro mahā́vrātas tuvīkū́rmi r̥ghā́vān | yád ugró dhā́ bādhitó mártyeṣu kvá tyā́ te vṛṣabha vīryā́ṇi ||

Indra of the fair lip, the bountiful, the rescuer, of vast host and mighty surge, possessed of the straight-going force—when the fierce one seems pressed back among mortals, where then, O Bull, are those hero-powers of yours?

इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
सुशिप्रःhaving fair/beautiful jaws
सुशिप्रः:
कर्तृ (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु-शिप्र (प्रातिपदिक; शिप्र ‘jaw/cheek’)
मघवाthe bountiful one
मघवा:
कर्तृ (समनाधिकरण)
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootमघवन् (प्रातिपदिक)
तरुत्रःthe overcomer, victorious
तरुत्रः:
कर्तृ (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootतरुत्र (प्रातिपदिक; ‘overcoming, conquering’)
महाव्रातःof great host/retinue; of great troop
महाव्रातः:
कर्तृ (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहा-व्रात (प्रातिपदिक)
तुविकूर्मिःhaving many billows; surging mightily
तुविकूर्मिः:
कर्तृ (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootतुवि-कूर्मि (प्रातिपदिक; कूर्मि ‘wave/crest’)
ऋघावान्possessing ‘ṛghā’ (a Vedic quality/epithet)
ऋघावान्:
कर्तृ (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootऋघावत् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘possessing ऋघा/ऋघ’—a Vedic epithet)
यत्when; that which
यत्:
अधिकरण (काल/निमित्त) / कर्म (सन्दर्भानुसार)
TypePronoun/Relative
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
उग्रःfierce, mighty
उग्रः:
कर्तृ (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootउग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
धाindeed; then (particle)
धा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootधा (अव्यय; वैदिक निपात/पदपूरण)
बाधितःpressed, harassed
बाधितः:
कर्तृ (समनाधिकरण; इन्द्रस्य अवस्थावर्णनम्)
TypeParticiple (past passive)
Rootबाध् (धातु) → बाधित (कृदन्त; क्त)
मर्त्येषुamong mortals
मर्त्येषु:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootमर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
क्वwhere?
क्व:
TypeIndeclinable (interrogative)
Rootक्व (अव्यय)
त्याthose (things/deeds)
त्या:
कर्म/विषय (प्रश्नस्य)
TypePronoun/Demonstrative
Rootत्य (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; ‘that’)
तेyour
ते:
सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वृषभO bull (mighty one)
वृषभ:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative epithet)
Rootवृषभ (प्रातिपदिक)
वीर्याणिheroic powers, mighty deeds
वीर्याणि:
कर्म/विषय (प्रश्नस्य)
TypeNoun
Rootवीर्य (प्रातिपदिक)

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