Rig Veda 1.30.21: Mandala 1, Sukta 30, Mantra 21
Sukta 1.30
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional attribution for RV 1.30)
Devata: Uṣas
Chandas: Triṣṭubh/Jagatī (uncertain; verify)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
वयं हि ते अमन्मह्यान्तादा पराकात् । अश्वे न चित्रे अरुषि ॥
Transliteration
vayáṃ hí te ámanmahi ā́ antā́d ā́ parākā́t | áśve ná citre aruṣi ||
Translation
En verdad te hemos conocido — desde lo cercano hasta el confín más lejano— como un corcel brillante, oh rojizo resplandeciente: veloz portador de la luz que despierta.
Word by Word
वयम्we
वयम्:
कर्तृ
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
हिindeed, for
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (निपात)
तेto you, for you
ते:
सम्प्रदान
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) / तद् (सर्वनाम)
अमन्महिwe deemed / we considered
अमन्महि:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Root√मन् (मनँ/मनुते ‘to think, deem’)
आtowards, up to
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
अन्तात्from the end, from the limit
अन्तात्:
अपादान
TypeNoun
Rootअन्त (प्रातिपदिक ‘end, boundary’)
आup to
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
पराकात्from far away
पराकात्:
अपादान
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपराक (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक ‘far away, distance’)
अश्वेon the horse
अश्वे:
अधिकरण
TypeNoun
Rootअश्व (प्रातिपदिक ‘horse’)
नlike, as
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (उपमा-निपात)
चित्रेsplendid, bright
चित्रे:
अधिकरण (विशेषणत्वेन)
TypeAdjective
Rootचित्र (प्रातिपदिक ‘bright, splendid, variegated’)
अरुषिruddy, tawny
अरुषि:
अधिकरण (विशेषणत्वेन)
TypeAdjective
Rootअरुष (प्रातिपदिक ‘ruddy, tawny’)
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