Rig Veda 4.30.14: Mandala 4, Sukta 30, Mantra 14

Sukta 4.30

Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama (traditional attribution for RV 4.30)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable for RV 4.30; verify against pada count in critical editions)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

उत दासं कौलितरं बृहतः पर्वतादधि । अवाहन्निन्द्र शम्बरम् ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 4.30.14

Transliteration

utá dā́sáṃ kaulitaráṃ bṛhatáḥ párvatād ádhi | ávāhann índra śámbaram ||

Translation

I także, o Indro, strąciłeś Śambarę, ciemnego przeszkodziciela, zrzuconego z wielkiej górskiej wyżyny; obaliłeś siłę Dāsy, która wzniosła się na szczyt bytu.

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Word by Word

• उत: and; also
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत

• दासम्: the Dāsa (enemy/hostile man)
• दासम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दास

• कौलितरम्: Kau-litara (name/epithet of the Dāsa)
• कौलितरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (proper/epithet)
• Root: कौलितर

• बृहतः: from the great (one)
• बृहतः: Apādāna
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: बृहत्

• पर्वतात्: from the mountain
• पर्वतात्: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत

• अधि: from upon; over
• अधि: —
• Type: Indeclinable (preverb/preposition)
• Root: अधि

• अवाहन्: they drove down; they carried off
• अवाहन्: Kriyā (with implied kartā ‘they/you’ in narrative; addressed to Indra)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वह् (वहति) + अव

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• इन्द्र: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: इन्द्र

• शम्बरम्: Śambara (demon/foe)
• शम्बरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun (proper name)
• Root: शम्बर