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 ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 4.30.16

Transliteration

utá tyáṃ putrám ágruvaḥ parā́vṛktaṃ śatákratuḥ | uktheṣv índra ā́bhajat ||

Translation

And also that child of the unbending opposition, turned away from the path, Indra of a hundred powers drew back and apportioned to the hymns—he brought the lost energy into the right hearing of the Word.

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Word by Word

• उत: and; also; moreover
• उत: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत

• त्यम्: that (one), him
• त्यम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun (Demonstrative)
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• पुत्रम्: son
• पुत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र

• अग्रुवः: the unbending/unyielding one (epithet)
• अग्रुवः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective (epithet)
• Root: अग्रु (प्रातिपदिक; ‘अ-’ + ‘ग्रु/गुरु’ इत्यादि व्युत्पत्तिः; RV-विशेषण)

• परावृक्तम्: turned away; driven back
• परावृक्तम्: Karma
• Type: Participle/Adjective
• Root: परावृक्त (कृदन्त; √वृत्/√वृज्? ‘वृक्त’ RV-रूप; ‘परा-’ उपसर्ग)

• शतक्रतुः: Śatakratu (Indra), ‘of a hundred powers/rites’
• शतक्रतुः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (epithet of Indra)
• Root: शत-क्रतु (समास; ‘शत’ + ‘क्रतु’)

• उक्थेषु: in the hymns/recitations (ukthas)
• उक्थेषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: उक्थ

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (deity)
• Root: इन्द्र

• आभजत्: apportioned; bestowed; took to himself
• आभजत्: —
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भज् (सेवने/विभागे), उपसर्गः आ-