Rig Veda 4.30.21: Mandala 4, Sukta 30, Mantra 21

Sukta 4.30

Rishi: Vāmadeva Gautama

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

अस्वापयद्दभीतये सहस्रा त्रिंशतं हथैः । दासानामिन्द्रो मायया ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 4.30.21

Transliteration

asvā́payad dabhī́taye sahásrā triṃśatáṃ háthaiḥ | dāsā́nām índro māyáyā ||

Translation

Indra, by his conscious power of māyā, put to sleep for Dabhīti thirty thousand of the Dāsa forces with his blows—he quieted the hostile movements by a superior mastery, not merely by brute force.

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Word by Word

• अस्वापयत्: (he) put to sleep, lulled
• अस्वापयत्: Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्वप् (स्वप्/श्वप्) + सन्-णिच् (causative)

• अभीतये: for (causing) fear / for frightening
• अभीतये: Sampradāna (उद्देश्य/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभीति- (अ- + भी (भय) + क्तिन्)

• सहस्राः: thousands
• सहस्राः: Kartā (गणनावाचक कर्तृ-सम्बन्धः; ‘(so many) [were]’)
• Type: Noun (numeral)
• Root: सहस्र-

• त्रिंशतम्: thirty
• त्रिंशतम्: Kartā/Viśeṣaṇa (सहस्राः इत्यस्य संख्याविशेषणम्)
• Type: Noun (numeral)
• Root: त्रिंशत्-

• हथैः: with blows / with smitings
• हथैः: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हथ-

• दासानाम्: of the Dāsas (hostile tribes)
• दासानाम्: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दास-

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Kartā
• Type: Noun (proper)
• Root: इन्द्र-

• मायया: by (his) magic / stratagem
• मायया: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया-