Rig Veda 4.30.8: Mandala 4, Sukta 30, Mantra 8
Sukta 4.30
Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; verify metrically)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
एतद्घेदुत वीर्यमिन्द्र चकर्थ पौंस्यम् । स्त्रियं यद्दुर्हणायुवं वधीर्दुहितरं दिवः ॥
Transliteration
etád ghedutá vīryàm índra cakártha paúṃsyam | stríyaṃ yád durhaṇāyúvam vádhīr duhítaraṃ diváḥ ||
Translation
これもまた、まことに汝の英雄の力、インドラよ、汝の雄々しき威力である。汝はその女を――征し難き者、天の娘を――打ち倒した、妨げる呪縛を破るために。
Word by Word
एतत्this (deed/thing)
एतत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
घindeed, surely
घ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootघ (निपात)
इद्just, precisely
इद्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइद् (निपात)
उतand, also
उत:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत (निपात)
वीर्यम्heroic power, valor
वीर्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवीर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (proper)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
चकर्थyou have done/made
चकर्थ:
—
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
पौंस्यम्manly deed, manliness
पौंस्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootपौंस्य (प्रातिपदिक)
स्त्रियम्a woman
स्त्रियम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootस्त्री (प्रातिपदिक)
यत्when/that (in that)
यत्:
—
TypeRelative pronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
दुर्हणायुवम्having hard-to-endure life; of grievous/ill life
दुर्हणायुवम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective (compound)
Rootदुर्हणायु (प्रातिपदिक; दुर्हणा + आयु)
वधीःyou slew
वधीः:
—
TypeVerb
Rootवध् (धातु)
दुहितरम्daughter
दुहितरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदुहितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
दिवःof heaven/sky
दिवः:
Sambandha (genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)
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