Rig Veda 4.32.10: Mandala 4, Sukta 32, Mantra 10
Sukta 4.32
Rishi: Gautama (Gotamāḥ) tradition
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Trishtubh (likely)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
प्र ते वोचाम वीर्या या मन्दसान आरुजः । पुरो दासीरभीत्य ॥
Transliteration
prá te vocāma vīryā̀ yā́ mandasānó ā́ rujáḥ | púro dā́sīr abhī́tya ||
Translation
ಹೇ (ಇಂದ್ರ), ನಿನ್ನ ವೀರ್ಯಕೃತ್ಯಗಳನ್ನು ನಾವು ಪ್ರಕಟವಾಗಿ ಹೇಳುವೆವು—ಉಲ್ಲಾಸದಿಂದ ನೀನು ದೃಢ ಕೋಟೆಗಳನ್ನು ಒಡೆದು ತೆರೆದೆಯೆ; ದಾಸೀ (ಬಂಧನಕಾರಿ) ಶಕ್ತಿಗಳ ಮೇಲೆ ಅಭಿಮುಖವಾಗಿ ಮುಂದುವರೆದೆಯೆ.
Word by Word
प्रforth, forward
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (upasarga)
तेto you
ते:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद् (sarvanāman)
वोचामI shall proclaim / I will speak
वोचाम:
Kartā (speaker) / main verb
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
वीर्याणिheroic deeds, powers
वीर्याणि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवीर्य (prātipadika)
याःwhich (deeds)
याः:
(links to following clause; subject of relative clause)
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (relative pronoun)
मन्दसानःrejoicing, exhilarated
मन्दसानः:
Kartā
TypeParticiple
Rootमन्द् (→ मन्दसान- as pres. mid. participle)
आरुजःyou broke, you shattered
आरुजः:
Kartā (addressed deity) / main verb of relative clause
TypeVerb
Rootरुज्
पुरःfortresses, strongholds
पुरः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपुरस् (prātipadika)
दासीःDāsī-women / Dāsa (enemy) women
दासीः:
Karma (apposition to पुरः) / object complement
TypeNoun
Rootदासी (prātipadika)
अभीतिagainst, in assault, towards
अभीति:
— (adverbial modifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअभि (upasarga) + इति (from √इ ‘go’ → ‘approach’)
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