Rig Veda 10.30.7 — Mandala 10, Sukta 30, Mantra 7
Sukta 10.30
Devata: Āpaḥ addressing Indra (as liberator)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
यो वो वृताभ्यो अकृणोदु लोकं यो वो मह्या अभिशस्तेरमुञ्चत् । तस्मा इन्द्राय मधुमन्तमूर्मिं देवमादनं प्र हिणोतनापः ॥
Transliteration
yó vo vṛtā́bhyo ákṛṇod ū́ṃ lokáṃ yó vo mahyā́ abhíśaster ámuñcat | tásmā indrā́ya mádhumantam ū́rmiṃ devá-mādanaṃ prá hiṇotanāpaḥ ||
Translation
He who made for you a space out of the shut-in states, who released you from the great oppression—send forth for that Indra the honeyed wave, the divine rapture: O Waters, set it moving.
Word by Word
यःwho (he who)
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वःto/for you (you all)
वः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
वृताभ्यःfrom the obstructions/enclosures
वृताभ्यः:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootवृत (ppp. of √वृ ‘to cover/obstruct’; as noun ‘obstruction, enclosure’)
अकृणोत्made, fashioned
अकृणोत्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (करोति)
उindeed, surely
उ:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउ (निपात)
लोकम्a space/world, free place
लोकम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
यःwho
यः:
Kartā
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
वःto/for you
वः:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
मह्याःfrom the great one (often: from the great river/earth)
मह्याः:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootमही (स्त्री. ‘महान्/विस्तीर्णा’; ‘earth/river’ sense in RV)
अभिशस्तेःfrom the oppression/curse
अभिशस्तेः:
Apādāna
TypeNoun
Rootअभिशस्ति (स्त्री. ‘imprecation, oppression, accusation’)
अमुञ्चत्released, set free
अमुञ्चत्:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√मुच् (मुञ्चति ‘to release’)
तस्मैto him
तस्मै:
Sampradāna
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम)
इन्द्रायto Indra
इन्द्राय:
Sampradāna
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
मधुमन्तम्honeyed, sweet
मधुमन्तम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootमधुमन्त् (विशेषण ‘honeyed, sweet, rich in mead’)
ऊर्मिम्wave, surge
ऊर्मिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootऊर्मि (पुं. ‘wave, billow’)
देवम्the god (Indra)
देवम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
आदनम्a taking/receiving (offering)
आदनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootआदन (नपुं. ‘taking, receiving’; action-noun from ā-√दा/√दā ‘to take’)
प्रforth
प्र:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)
हिindeed
हि:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (निपात)
हिणोतनsend forth, impel
हिणोतन:
Kriyā
TypeVerb
Root√हि (वेद. ‘to impel, set in motion, send’; caus./intensive nuance in RV)
आपःthe waters
आपः:
Kartā
TypeNoun
Rootआप् (स्त्री. ‘waters’)
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