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Rig Veda 4.17.16

Addressed to: Indra
Group: Hymns to Indra
Text (Devanagari)

4.17.16

ग॒व्यन्त॒ इन्द्रं॑ स॒ख्याय॒ विप्रा॑ अश्वा॒यन्तो॒ वृष॑णं वा॒जय॑न्तः

ज॒नी॒यन्तो॑ जनि॒दामक्षि॑तोति॒मा च्या॑वयामोऽव॒ते न कोश॑म्

Text (Roman)

4.17.16

gavyánta índraṃ sakhyā́ya víprāḥ-

aśvāyánto vŕ̥ṣaṇaṃ vājáyantaḥ

janīyánto janidā́m ákṣitotim

ā́ cyāvayāmo 'vaté ná kóśam

Padapāṭha

4.17.16

gavyantaḥ | indram | sakhyāya | viprāḥ | aśvayantaḥ | vṛṣaṇam | vājayantaḥ | janiyantaḥ | janidām | akṣitaūtim | ā | cyavayāmaḥ | avate | na kośam

Monier-Williams dictionary from Cologne Sanskrit Lexicon
English Translation by Griffith

4.17.16

Eager for booty, craving strength and horses, we-singers stir Indra, the strong, for friendship, Who gives the wives we seek, whose succour fails not, to hasten, like a pitcher to the fountain.

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Grammatical analysis
Source indexSurfaceLemmaInformation
4.17.16gavyántaḥ√gavy- rootPLMNOMPRSACTnon-finite:PTCPsecondary conjugation:DEN
4.17.16índramíndra- nominal stemSGMACC
4.17.16sakhyā́yasakhyá- nominal stemSGNDAT
4.17.16víprāḥvípra- nominal stemPLMNOM
4.17.16aśvāyántaḥ√aśvāy- rootPLMNOMPRSACTnon-finite:PTCPsecondary conjugation:DEN
4.17.16vŕ̥ṣaṇamvŕ̥ṣan- nominal stemSGMACC
4.17.16vājáyantaḥ√vaj- rootPLMNOMPRSACTnon-finite:PTCP
4.17.16janīyántaḥ√janīy- rootPLMNOMPRSACTnon-finite:PTCPsecondary conjugation:DEN
4.17.16janidā́mjanidā́- nominal stemSGMACC
4.17.16ákṣitotimákṣitoti- nominal stemSGMACC
4.17.16ā́ā́ invariablelocal particle:LP
4.17.16cyāvayāmaḥ√cyu- rootPLPRSACT1INDsecondary conjugation:CAUS
4.17.16avatéavatá- nominal stemSGMLOC
4.17.16 invariable
4.17.16kóśamkóśa- nominal stemSGMACC
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