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 4.30.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स॒त्रा ते॒ अनु॑ कृ॒ष्टयो॒ विश्वा॑ च॒क्रेव॑ वावृतुः । स॒त्रा म॒हाँ अ॑सि श्रु॒तः ॥
सत्रा ते अनु कृष्टयो विश्वा चक्रेव वावृतुः । सत्रा महाँ असि श्रुतः ॥
satrā te anu kṛṣṭayo viśvā cakreva vāvṛtuḥ | satrā mahām̐ asi śrutaḥ ||
English translation:
“Verily men are attached to you as are all the wheels (to the body of the wagon); in truth you are great and renowned.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vāmadevo gautamaḥ [vāmadeva gautama];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स॒त्रा । ते॒ । अनु॑ । कृ॒ष्टयः॑ । विश्वा॑ । च॒क्राऽइ॑व । व॒वृ॒तुः॒ । स॒त्रा । म॒हान् । अ॒सि॒ । श्रु॒तः ॥
सत्रा । ते । अनु । कृष्टयः । विश्वा । चक्राइव । ववृतुः । सत्रा । महान् । असि । श्रुतः ॥
satrā | te | anu | kṛṣṭayaḥ | viśvā | cakrāiva | vavṛtuḥ | satrā | mahān | asi | śrutaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 4.30.2 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
[noun], dative, singular
“you.”
[adverb]
“subsequently; behind; along; towards; because.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“people; citizenry.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[noun], nominative, plural, neuter
“wheel; Cakra; discus; army; cakra; oil mill; cakrikā; cakra; group.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“behave; happen; exist; return; dwell; die; roll; continue; act; exist; feed on; issue; move; travel; proceed; turn; situate; drive; account for; begin; do; inhere; revolve.”
[adverb]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“large; eminent; great; loud; dangerous; strong; long; high; much(a); mahant [word]; ample; very; great; adult; important; dark; high; abundant; violent; remarkable; mighty; big; long.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“listen; come to know; hear; hear; listen; study; heed; learn.”