Rig Veda 4.30.18: Mandala 4, Sukta 30, Mantra 18
Sukta 4.30
Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
उत त्या सद्य आर्या सरयोरिन्द्र पारतः । अर्णाचित्ररथावधीः ॥
Transliteration
utá tyā́ sadyá ā́ryā sarayór índra pārátáḥ | árṇācitrarathāv adhīḥ ||
Translation
I także te szybko posuwające się siły Aryów, na dalszym brzegu Sarayu, o Indro, zabiłeś Arṇę i Citrarathę, wzorzysty rydwan-umysł i wezbraną siłę powodzi, które sprzeciwiały się przejściu.
Word by Word
उतand, also
उत:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत (निपात)
त्याthose two (f.)
त्या:
Karma (with पारतः) / or Adhikaraṇa (contextual)
TypePronoun (demonstrative)
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
सद्यःimmediately, at once
सद्यः:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसद्यस् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
आर्याःthe Āryas, the noble ones
आर्याः:
Kartā (understood: ‘(they) the Āryas…’)
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootआर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
सरयोःof/at the two Sarayū (rivers)
सरयोः:
Adhikaraṇa (locative sense: ‘at/on the two Sarayūs’) / or Sambandha (genitive sense)
TypeNoun (proper river-name)
Rootसरयू (नदी-नाम; प्रातिपदिक)
इन्द्रO Indra
इन्द्र:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (deity-name)
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
पारतःfrom the farther side, across
पारतः:
Adhikaraṇa/Apādāna (directional: ‘from the far side’)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपारतस् (अव्यय; from पार ‘further side’)
अर्णाचित्ररथौArṇā and Citraratha (the two)
अर्णाचित्ररथौ:
Karma
TypeNoun (dual proper names/epithets)
Rootअर्णा-चित्ररथ (समास-प्रातिपदिक; dvandva/tatpuruṣa-like compound of two names/epithets)
अवधीःyou slew, you killed
अवधीः:
Kriyā (with implied kartā = त्वम् ‘you’)
TypeVerb
Root√वध् (हनने)
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