Rig Veda 4.18.8: Mandala 4, Sukta 18, Mantra 8
Sukta 4.18
Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; verify in critical edition)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
ममच्चन त्वा युवतिः परास ममच्चन त्वा कुषवा जगार । ममच्चिदापः शिशवे ममृड्युर्ममच्चिदिन्द्रः सहसोदतिष्ठत् ॥
Transliteration
mámac ca ná tvā yuvatíḥ parā́sa mámāc ca ná tvā kúṣavā jagā́ra | mámāc cid ā́paḥ śíśave mamṛḍyúr mámāc cid índraḥ sáhasód atiṣṭhat ||
Translation
Not even my young strength could cast you away; not even the midwives could overpower you. Even the Waters yielded to the child; even Indra rose up by his own might.
Word by Word
ममof me / my
मम:
सम्बन्ध (genitival relation)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
चand / also
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
त्वाyou (as object)
त्वा:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद्
युवतिःa young woman
युवतिः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootयुवति-
परासaway, aside
परास:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपरास्
ममof me / my
मम:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
चand / also
च:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
नnot
न:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
त्वाyou (as object)
त्वा:
कर्म
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद्
कुषवाःthe weavers (lit. makers of kuśa/warp; ‘weavers’)
कुषवाः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootकुषवा-
जगारhas sung/has cried out
जगार:
—
TypeVerb
Root√गॄ (गिर्/गॄ) / √गॄ? (Vedic: ‘to sing/cry out’)
ममof me / my
मम:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
चिद्even
चिद्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचिद्
आपःthe waters
आपः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootअप्-
शिशवेto the child / infant
शिशवे:
सम्प्रदान
TypeNoun
Root√शि (शय/शि) → शिशु/शिशव् (Vedic ‘child’)
ममृड्युः(one who is) compassionate / gracious
ममृड्युः:
कर्तृ
TypeAdjective (used substantively) / Participle-like adjective
Root√मृड् (मृडयति ‘to be gracious, to pity’) / adj. मृड्यु-
ममof me / my
मम:
सम्बन्ध
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
चिद्even
चिद्:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचिद्
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र-
सहसःfrom strength / of might
सहसः:
अपादान/हेतु (source/cause nuance)
TypeNoun
Rootसहस्-
उद्up, forth
उद्:
—
TypeIndeclinable (preverb) / Upasarga
Rootउद्
अतिष्ठत्stood up / arose
अतिष्ठत्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√स्था
Ritual Application
Philosophical Concepts
Vedic Cosmology
Natural Symbolism
Academic Analysis
Cross References
Yogic Application
Chanting Notes
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