Rig Veda 4.30.7: Mandala 4, Sukta 30, Mantra 7
Sukta 4.30
Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; verify metrically)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
किमादुतासि वृत्रहन्मघवन्मन्युमत्तमः । अत्राह दानुमातिरः ॥
Transliteration
kímādutā́si vṛtrahan mághavan manyumáttamaḥ | atrā́ha dā́num ā́tiraḥ ||
Translation
Dlaczego więc jesteś, o zabójco Vṛtry, o szczodry, najbardziej napełniony gniewem? Tutaj istotnie przekroczyłeś Dānu.
Word by Word
किम्what?
किम्:
कर्म (प्रश्नवाचक—‘क्या’)
TypePronoun
Rootकिम् (प्रश्न-प्रातिपदिक)
आindeed; just; (emphatic/introductory particle)
आ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ (उपसर्ग/निपात)
उindeed; then; (enclitic particle)
उ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउ (निपात)
तthen; so
त:
—
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
असिyou are
असि:
—
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु) ‘to be’
वृत्रहन्O Vṛtra-slayer
वृत्रहन्:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootवृत्रहन् (प्रातिपदिक; वृत्र + हन् ‘slayer of Vṛtra’)
मघवन्O bountiful one
मघवन्:
सम्बोधन
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootमघवन् (प्रातिपदिक; ‘bountiful, generous’)
मन्युमत्तमःmost full of fury/ardor
मन्युमत्तमः:
सम्बोधन
TypeAdjective
Rootमन्युमत् (प्रातिपदिक ‘wrathful, spirited’) + तमप् (तम)
अत्रhere
अत्र:
अधिकारण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र (अव्यय)
हindeed; surely
ह:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootह (निपात)
दानुमातिरःthe sons/offspring of Dānu (Dānava foes)
दानुमातिरः:
कर्तृ
TypeNoun (proper/epithet)
Rootदानुमातृ (प्रातिपदिक; दानु + मातृ ‘mother of Dānu/offspring of Dānu’; RV-विशेष नाम)
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