Rig Veda 4.30.9: Mandala 4, Sukta 30, Mantra 9
Sukta 4.30
Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; verify metrically)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
दिवश्चिद्घा दुहितरं महान्महीयमानाम् । उषासमिन्द्र सं पिणक् ॥
Transliteration
diváś cid ghā duhítaraṃ mahā́n mahīyamā́nām | uṣā́sam índra sáṃ piṇak ||
Translation
天の娘さえも――偉大にして、さらに偉大さを増す者――その暁（ウシャス Uṣas）を、インドラよ、汝は粉砕し、打ち砕いた。
Word by Word
दिवःof heaven / of the sky
दिवः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootदिव् (प्रातिपदिक: दिव्/द्यौ- ‘sky, heaven’)
चित्even; indeed
चित्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचित् (अव्यय) < PIE *kʷid ‘indeed/ever’
घindeed; surely (emphatic particle)
घ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootघ (अव्यय, निपात)
दुहितरम्the daughter
दुहितरम्:
कर्म
TypeNoun
Rootदुहितृ (प्रातिपदिक: दुहितृ-)
महान्great
महान्:
कर्तृ-विशेषण (इन्द्रस्य) / विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक: महत्-)
महीयमानाम्growing great; becoming more mighty
महीयमानाम्:
कर्म-विशेषण
TypeParticiple (Adjective)
Rootमहीय (denom./intensive from मह्/महत् ‘to be great’) → वर्तमानकाले शानच्/आनच्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त: महीयमान-
उषासम्Uṣas (Dawn)
उषासम्:
कर्म (दुहितरम् इत्यस्य अपि समन्वयः—उषास् = दिवः दुहिता)
TypeNoun
Rootउषस् (प्रातिपदिक: उषस्-)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक: इन्द्र-)
सम्together; completely
सम्:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb)
Rootसम् (उपसर्ग)
पिणक्pressed/compacted; struck together
पिणक्:
क्रिया
TypeVerb
Rootपिणक् (धातु: पिणक्/पिणच् ‘to press together, compact, crush’; RV aorist form) सह सम्-उपसर्ग
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