Rig Veda 4.30.12: Mandala 4, Sukta 30, Mantra 12
Sukta 4.30
Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; verify metrically)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
उत सिन्धुं विबाल्यं वितस्थानामधि क्षमि । परि ष्ठा इन्द्र मायया ॥
Transliteration
utá síndhuṃ vibālyàṃ vitasthānám ádhi kṣámi | pári ṣṭhā índra māyáyā ||
Translation
また汝は、地の上に顕れ立ちつつ、広がりゆくシンドゥ（Sindhu）を、汝のマーヤー（māyā）—形づくる叡智の力—によって、周く包み込んだ、インドラよ。
Word by Word
उतand, also
उत:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत (निपात)
सिन्धुम्the river Sindhu / the (great) river
सिन्धुम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसिन्धु-
विबाल्यम्wide-spreading / broad (as a river)
विबाल्यम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootविबाल्य-
वितस्थyou set/placed; you made (it) stand
वितस्थ:
—
TypeVerb
Rootवि-स्था (√स्था)
अनाम्of the waters
अनाम्:
—
TypeNoun
Rootअन- (प्रातिपदिक; ‘जल’/‘प्राण’ इत्यादि वैदिक-प्रयोगेषु) अथवा ‘अन्’ इत्यस्य वैदिक रूपम्
अधिupon, over
अधि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअधि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
क्षमिon the earth/ground
क्षमि:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootक्षम्- (क्षमा/क्षमि ‘भूमि’ वैदिक)
परिaround
परि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
स्थाःyou stand / you remain
स्थाः:
—
TypeVerb
Rootस्था (√स्था)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र-
माययाby (your) power/skill, by magic
मायया:
Karaṇa
TypeNoun
Rootमाया-
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