Rig Veda 1.30.18: Mandala 1, Sukta 30, Mantra 18
Sukta 1.30
Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional attribution for RV 1.30)
Devata: Aśvins
Chandas: Triṣṭubh/Jagatī (uncertain; verify)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
समानयोजनो हि वां रथो दस्रावमर्त्यः । समुद्रे अश्विनेयते ॥
Transliteration
samānáyojano hí vāṃ rátho dasrāv ámartyaḥ | samudré aśvinā ī́yate ||
Translation
हे दस्रावश्विनौ, वां रथः समानयोजनो हि—अमर्त्यः। स समुद्रे (सत्तासमुद्रे) अयते; हे अश्विनौ, विस्तारेण प्रवर्धमानः।
Word by Word
समानsame, common
समान:
Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण कर्तृपदस्य)
TypeAdjective
Rootसमान (प्रातिपदिक) < सम् + √अन्/अन् (PIE *sem- ‘one, same’)
योजनःyoking, harnessing; arrangement
योजनः:
Kartā (रथस्य विशेषण/उपपद-भावः: ‘having the same yoking/arrangement’)
TypeNoun
Rootयोजन (प्रातिपदिक) < √युज् ‘to yoke, join’
हिindeed, for
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (निपात)
वाम्of you two (you both)
वाम्:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
रथःchariot
रथः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootरथ (प्रातिपदिक)
दस्रौO Wonder-working (Aśvins), you two
दस्रौ:
Kartā (सम्बोधन/कर्तृ-सङ्गति: ‘O Aśvins’)
TypeNoun (epithet)
Rootदस्र (प्रातिपदिक; अश्विनोः विशेषणम् ‘wonder-working’)
अमर्त्यःimmortal
अमर्त्यः:
Kartā (विशेषणरूपेण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअमर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक) < अ- + मर्त्य
समुद्रेin the sea, in the ocean
समुद्रे:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootसमुद्र (प्रातिपदिक) < सम् + उद् + √दृ/दॄ ‘to flow/stream’ (व्युत्पत्त्यनुसारम्)
अश्विनेयतेgoes/comes to the Aśvins; is directed to the Aśvins
अश्विनेयते:
Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√इ (एति) ‘to go’ + उपसर्ग/नामधातु-भावः: अश्विन्- (अश्विनौ) → अश्विनेय (अश्विनौ प्रति/अश्विन-सम्बद्धः) + ति/ते
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