Rig Veda 6.30.3: Mandala 6, Sukta 30, Mantra 3

Sukta 6.30

Rishi: Bharadvāja Bārhaspatya

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अद्या चिन्नू चित्तदपो नदीनां यदाभ्यो अरदो गातुमिन्द्र । नि पर्वता अद्मसदो न सेदुस्त्वया दृळ्हानि सुक्रतो रजांसि ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 6.30.3

Transliteration

adyā́ cin nū́ cit tád ápo nadī́nāṁ yád ā́bhyo árado gātúm indra | ní párvatā adma-sádo ná séduḥ tváyā dṛḷhā́ni sukrato rájāṁsi ||

Translation

Ainda hoje, ainda agora, esse feito permanece: abriste um caminho às águas, aos rios, ó Indra. As montanhas, moradoras da rocha, não as detiveram; por ti, ó sukratu de reta vontade, os mundos firmes foram estabelecidos.

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Word by Word

• अद्य: today, even now
• अद्य: Adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय) अथर्व/वैदिक कालवाचक

• चित्: indeed, even
• चित्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चित् (निपात)

• नु: now, indeed
• नु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु (निपात)

• चित्: even
• चित्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चित् (निपात)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (प्रायः ‘that (deed/thing)’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अपः: waters
• अपः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप् (प्रातिपदिक)

• नदीनाम्: of the rivers
• नदीनाम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदी (प्रातिपदिक)

• यदा: when
• यदा: Adhikaraṇa (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)

• आभ्यः: from them (from those waters/rivers)
• आभ्यः: Apādāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम) / एतद्-प्रत्ययिक रूप; वैदिक ‘आभ्यः’

• अरदः: you cleft/opened
• अरदः: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: रद् (धातु) ‘to cleave, cut, break open’

• गातुम्: a path, passage
• गातुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गातु (प्रातिपदिक; from √गा/गम् ‘to go’)

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

• नि: down, forth (as preverb)
• नि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• पर्वताः: the mountains
• पर्वताः: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)

• अद्मसदः: (as) seated at the feast / at the food-seat
• अद्मसदः: Kartā (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: अद्मसद (प्रातिपदिक; वैदिक बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय: ‘food-seated/at the meal-seat’, i.e., at the feast/oblation)

• न: like
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)

• सेदुः: sat down, settled
• सेदुः: Kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: सद् (धातु) ‘to sit, settle’

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karaṇa (instrument/agentive ‘by you’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम)

• दृळ्हानि: firm, solid
• दृळ्हानि: Karma (as object/attribute in clause)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृळ्ह (प्रातिपदिक; PPP from √दृंह/दृढ् ‘to make firm’)

• सुक्रतो: O you of good resolve (wise/mighty)
• सुक्रतो: Sambodhana
• Type: Adjective (vocative)
• Root: सु-क्रतु (प्रातिपदिक) बहुव्रीहि ‘of good resolve/power’

• रजांसि: the regions, spaces (realms)
• रजांसि: Karma (things made firm / regions)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजस् (प्रातिपदिक)