Rig Veda 1.30.14: Mandala 1, Sukta 30, Mantra 14

Sukta 1.30

Rishi: Vasiṣṭha (traditional attribution for RV 1.30)

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; verify metrical count)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

आ घ त्वावान्त्मनाप्तः स्तोतृभ्यो धृष्णवियानः । ऋणोरक्षं न चक्र्योः ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 1.30.14

Transliteration

ā́ gha tvā́vānt mánā ā́ptaḥ stotṛ́bhyo dhṛ́ṣṇo iyānáḥ | ṛṇór ákṣaṃ ná cakryóḥ ||

Translation

Yes—coming with thy own self-possessed power, thou earnest to the singers, O bold one; thou settest free the axle, as it were, for the wheels—removing the inner obstruction to the movement.

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Word by Word

• आ: towards; hither (preverb)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga)

• घ: indeed; surely
• घ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: घ (nipāta)

• त्वा: you (as object)
• त्वा: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (pronoun stem)

• अवन्त्: helping; protective
• अवन्त्: Karma (apposition to त्वा)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अवन्त् (prātipadika < √अव् ‘to help, protect’)

• मनाप्तः: mind-attained; having attained (their) desire/intent (i.e., satisfied in mind)
• मनाप्तः: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मन- (mind) + आप्त (ppp of √आप् ‘to reach, obtain’)

• स्तोतृभ्यः: to the praisers
• स्तोतृभ्यः: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोतृ (agent noun < √स्तु ‘to praise’)

• धृष्णवियानः: boldly advancing; rushing forth
• धृष्णवियानः: Kartā (co-referential with मनाप्तः)
• Type: Adjective/Participle
• Root: धृष्णु (bold, daring) + वियान (present participle/adj. from √या with vi- ‘to go forth, advance’)

• ऋणोरक्षम्: set the axle in motion; loosen/drive the axle
• ऋणोरक्षम्: ऋणोः: (verb); अक्षम्: Karma
• Type: Verb + Noun
• Root: √ऋ (to go, move) / Vedic: √ऋणु ‘to set in motion, to drive, to loosen/open’ + अक्ष (axle)

• न: like; as
• न: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (particle)

• चक्र्योः: of the wheelwright; of the chariot-maker
• चक्र्योः: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्रि (wheelwright; chariot-maker) < चक्र (wheel)