Rig Veda 4.30.13: Mandala 4, Sukta 30, Mantra 13
Sukta 4.30
Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; verify metrically)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
उत शुष्णस्य धृष्णुया प्र मृक्षो अभि वेदनम् । पुरो यदस्य सम्पिणक् ॥
Transliteration
utá śúṣṇasya dhṛṣṇu-yā́ prá mṛ́kṣo abhí védanam | puró yád asya sáṃpiṇak ||
Translation
Et aussi: contre la forteresse de Śuṣṇa tu t’élanças d’une force audacieuse; tu brisas ses avant-postes lorsque tu écrasas son «lieu de trouvaille», son siège (où la connaissance se changeait en voilement).
Word by Word
उतand, also
उत:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत (निपात)
शुष्णस्यof Śuṣṇa
शुष्णस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun (proper name)
Rootशुष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
धृष्णुयाwith (your) bold/impetuous (power)
धृष्णुया:
करण
TypeAdjective
Rootधृष्णु (विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक)
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
मृक्षःhe/you has/have wiped out, crushed (forth)
मृक्षः:
कर्तृ (क्रियापद)
TypeVerb
Rootमृक्ष् (धातु) / मृक्ष (तिङन्त-रूप)
अभिtowards, against
अभि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
वेदनम्the finding/knowledge; (here) the discovery/recognition
वेदनम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootवेदन (प्रातिपदिक) < √विद्
पुरःin front, before
पुरः:
अधिकारण (adverbial locus) / क्रियाविशेषण
TypeIndeclinable (adverbial) / Noun-used-adverbially
Rootपुरस् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
यत्which, what
यत्:
कर्म (relative object) / सम्बन्ध-निर्देशक
TypePronoun (relative)
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
अस्यof him/it
अस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सम्पिणक्he crushed/ground together
सम्पिणक्:
कर्तृ (क्रियापद)
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-√पिष् (धातु) / पिणक् (तिङन्त-रूप)
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