Rig Veda (translation and commentary)

by H. H. Wilson | 1866 | 1,999,864 words | ISBN-10: 8171101380 | ISBN-13: 9788171101382

The Rig-Veda, English translation, including the commentary of Sayana and grammatical analysis. The hyms of the Rigveda Samhita represents some of the oldest and complex of Hindu Sanskrit literature. In ten books, these mantras form the core essence of rituals and ceremonies once widely performed throughout ancient India. This edition contains the...

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Rig Veda 1.30.5

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

स्तो॒त्रं रा॑धानां पते॒ गिर्वा॑हो वीर॒ यस्य॑ ते । विभू॑तिरस्तु सू॒नृता॑ ॥
स्तोत्रं राधानां पते गिर्वाहो वीर यस्य ते । विभूतिरस्तु सूनृता ॥
stotraṃ rādhānām pate girvāho vīra yasya te | vibhūtir astu sūnṛtā ||

English translation:

“Hero, Indra, lord of affluence, accepter of praise, may genitive ine prosperity be (the reward of him) who offers you laudation.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śunaḥśepa ājīgartiḥ [śunaśepa ājīgarti];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

स्तो॒त्रम् । रा॒धा॒ना॒म् । प॒ते॒ । गिर्वा॑हः । वी॒र॒ । यस्य॑ । ते॒ । विऽभू॑तिः । अ॒स्तु॒ । सु॒नृता॑ ॥
स्तोत्रम् । राधानाम् । पते । गिर्वाहः । वीर । यस्य । ते । विभूतिः । अस्तु । सुनृता ॥
stotram | rādhānām | pate | girvāhaḥ | vīra | yasya | te | vi-bhūtiḥ | astu | sunṛtā

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.30.5 English analysis of grammar]

stotraṃ < stotram < stotra

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“hymn; praise.”

rādhānām < rādhā

[noun], genitive, plural, feminine

“Rādhā.”

pate < pati

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“husband; overlord; king; deity; īśvara; ruler; pati [word]; commanding officer; leader; owner; mayor; lord.”

girvāho < girvāhaḥ < girvāhas

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

vīra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“hero; man; Vīra; vīra; vīra [word]; Vīra.”

yasya < yad

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

te < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

vibhūtir < vibhūtiḥ < vibhūti

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“ash; power; Vibhūti; siddhi; emanation; prosperity; success.”

astu < as

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”

sūnṛtā < sūnṛta

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“big; friendly.”

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