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 3.30.13
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
दिदृ॑क्षन्त उ॒षसो॒ याम॑न्न॒क्तोर्वि॒वस्व॑त्या॒ महि॑ चि॒त्रमनी॑कम् । विश्वे॑ जानन्ति महि॒ना यदागा॒दिन्द्र॑स्य॒ कर्म॒ सुकृ॑ता पु॒रूणि॑ ॥
दिदृक्षन्त उषसो यामन्नक्तोर्विवस्वत्या महि चित्रमनीकम् । विश्वे जानन्ति महिना यदागादिन्द्रस्य कर्म सुकृता पुरूणि ॥
didṛkṣanta uṣaso yāmann aktor vivasvatyā mahi citram anīkam | viśve jānanti mahinā yad āgād indrasya karma sukṛtā purūṇi ||
English translation:
“Al,l me are anxious to behold the great and variegated host (of the solar rays) at the issuing of the dawn after the night has been displaced; and when the morning has come, they recognize the many great and glorious acts of Indra.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gopavana ātreyaḥ saptavadhrirvā [gopavana ātreya saptavadhrirvā];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
दिदृ॑क्षन्ते । उ॒षसः॑ । याम॑न् । अ॒क्तोः । वि॒वस्व॑त्याः । महि॑ । चि॒त्रम् । अनी॑कम् । विश्वे॑ । जा॒न॒न्ति॒ । म॒हि॒ना । यत् । आ । अगा॑त् । इन्द्र॑स्य । कर्म॑ । सुऽकृ॑ता । पु॒रूणि॑ ॥
दिदृक्षन्ते । उषसः । यामन् । अक्तोः । विवस्वत्याः । महि । चित्रम् । अनीकम् । विश्वे । जानन्ति । महिना । यत् । आ । अगात् । इन्द्रस्य । कर्म । सुकृता । पुरूणि ॥
didṛkṣante | uṣasaḥ | yāman | aktoḥ | vivasvatyāḥ | mahi | citram | anīkam | viśve | jānanti | mahinā | yat | ā | agāt | indrasya | karma | su-kṛtā | purūṇi
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 3.30.13 English analysis of grammar]
[verb], plural, Present indikative
[noun], genitive, singular, feminine
“Ushas; dawn; uṣas [word]; morning.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“expedition; path; expedition; arrival.”
[noun], ablative, singular, masculine
“night; dark; beam.”
[noun], genitive, singular, feminine
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“great; firm.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“manifold; extraordinary; beautiful; divers(a); varicolored; bright; bright; bright; outstanding; agitated; aglitter(p); brilliant; painted; obvious; patched; bizarre.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“army; face; battalion; battlefront; point; appearance.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“know; diagnose; perceive; know; come to know; notice; determine; think of; find; learn; perceive; identify; recognize; understand; know; learn; ascertain; detect; deem.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“greatness.”
[adverb]
“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”
[verb], singular, Root aorist (Ind.)
“come; arrive.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“action; saṃskāra; ritual; procedure; karman; treatment; object; function; production; job; operation; karman [word]; act; job; passive voice; activity; consequence; function; yajña; pañcakarman; cooking; occupation; profession; construction; duty; method; natural process; duty; therapy.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”
[noun], nominative, plural, neuter
“many; much(a); very.”