Mantra 17
Sukta 4.30
Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
उत त्या तुर्वशायदू अस्नातारा शचीपतिः । इन्द्रो विद्वाँ अपारयत् ॥
Samhita Patha (IAST)
उ॒त त्या तु॒र्वशा॒यदू॑ अस्ना॒तारा॒ शची॒पति॑: । इन्द्रो॑ वि॒द्वाँ अ॑पारयत् ॥
Transliteration
utá tyā́ turvaśā́yadū́ asnātā́rā śacī́patiḥ | índro vidvā́n apārayat ||
Translation
And also those Turvaśa and Yadu, not yet crossed over, Indra the lord of the illumined power, knowing the way, carried safely beyond—he ferried the seeking movements across the perilous passage.
Padapatha (Word Analysis)
उ॒त । त्या । तु॒र्वशा॒यदू॒ इति॑ । अ॒स्ना॒तारा॑ । शची॒ऽपतिः॑ । इन्द्रः॑ । वि॒द्वान् । अ॒पा॒र॒य॒त् ॥उत । त्या । तुर्वशायदू इति । अस्नातारा । शचीपतिः । इन्द्रः । विद्वान् । अपारयत् ॥uta | tyā | turvaśāyadū iti | asnātārā | śacī-patiḥ | indraḥ | vidvān | apārayat
Word by Word
उतand; also
उत:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत (avyaya)
त्याthose (women)
त्या:
Kartā
TypePronoun/Determiner
Rootतद् (sarvanāman)
तुर्वशा(the two) Turvaśa(s)
तुर्वशा:
Kartā
TypeProper Noun (ethnonym)
Rootतुर्वश (tribal name prātipadika)
यदू(the two) Yadu(s)
यदू:
Kartā
TypeProper Noun (ethnonym)
Rootयदु (tribal name prātipadika)
अस्नाताराthe two unbathed/uncleansed ones
अस्नातारा:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (used substantively)
Rootअस्नातार (prātipadika; from √स्ना ‘to bathe’ with privative a-; ‘unbathed/uncleansed’)
शचीपतिःŚacī’s lord (Indra)
शचीपतिः:
Kartā
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootशचीपति (compound prātipadika: शची + पति)
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (prātipadika)
विद्वान्knowing; wise
विद्वान्:
Kartā
TypeParticiple (adjectival)
Root√विद् ‘to know’ → विद्वस् (present active participle prātipadika)
अपारयत्(he) caused to cross; brought across
अपारयत्:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअप + √पॄ/पारय् (causative of √पॄ/पॄ ‘to carry across, bring over’; Vedic causative ‘to cause to cross’)