Rig Veda 4.30.16: Mandala 4, Sukta 30, Mantra 16
Sukta 4.30
Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama
Devata: Indra
Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
उत त्यं पुत्रमग्रुवः परावृक्तं शतक्रतुः । उक्थेष्विन्द्र आभजत् ॥
Transliteration
utá tyáṃ putrám ágruvaḥ parā́vṛktaṃ śatákratuḥ | uktheṣv índra ā́bhajat ||
Translation
उत त्यं पुत्रमग्रुवः परावृक्तं शतक्रतुः । उक्थेष्विन्द्र आभजत् ॥
Word by Word
उतand; also; moreover
उत:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत
त्यम्that (one), him
त्यम्:
Karma
TypePronoun (Demonstrative)
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
पुत्रम्son
पुत्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपुत्र
अग्रुवःthe unbending/unyielding one (epithet)
अग्रुवः:
Kartā
TypeAdjective (epithet)
Rootअग्रु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘अ-’ + ‘ग्रु/गुरु’ इत्यादि व्युत्पत्तिः; RV-विशेषण)
परावृक्तम्turned away; driven back
परावृक्तम्:
Karma
TypeParticiple/Adjective
Rootपरावृक्त (कृदन्त; √वृत्/√वृज्? ‘वृक्त’ RV-रूप; ‘परा-’ उपसर्ग)
शतक्रतुःŚatakratu (Indra), ‘of a hundred powers/rites’
शतक्रतुः:
Kartā
TypeNoun (epithet of Indra)
Rootशत-क्रतु (समास; ‘शत’ + ‘क्रतु’)
उक्थेषुin the hymns/recitations (ukthas)
उक्थेषु:
Adhikaraṇa
TypeNoun
Rootउक्थ
इन्द्रःIndra
इन्द्रः:
Kartā
TypeNoun (deity)
Rootइन्द्र
आभजत्apportioned; bestowed; took to himself
आभजत्:
—
TypeVerb
Root√भज् (सेवने/विभागे), उपसर्गः आ-
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