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 4.30.20

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

श॒तम॑श्म॒न्मयी॑नां पु॒रामिन्द्रो॒ व्या॑स्यत् । दिवो॑दासाय दा॒शुषे॑ ॥
शतमश्मन्मयीनां पुरामिन्द्रो व्यास्यत् । दिवोदासाय दाशुषे ॥
śatam aśmanmayīnām purām indro vy āsyat | divodāsāya dāśuṣe ||

English translation:

Indra has overturned a hundred stone-built cities for Divodās, the donor of oblations.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Stone-build cities: aśmanmayīnām purām, an apparent reference to the use of masonry for walls and dwellings

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vāmadevo gautamaḥ [vāmadeva gautama];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): pipīlikāmadhyāgāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

श॒तम् । अ॒श्म॒न्ऽमयी॑नाम् । पु॒राम् । इन्द्रः॑ । वि । आ॒स्य॒त् । दिवः॑ऽदासाय । दा॒शुषे॑ ॥
शतम् । अश्मन्मयीनाम् । पुराम् । इन्द्रः । वि । आस्यत् । दिवःदासाय । दाशुषे ॥
śatam | aśman-mayīnām | purām | indraḥ | vi | āsyat | divaḥ-dāsāya | dāśuṣe

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 4.30.20 English analysis of grammar]

śatam < śata

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“hundred; one-hundredth; śata [word].”

aśmanmayīnām < aśmanmaya

[noun], genitive, plural, feminine

“stone.”

purām < pur

[noun], genitive, plural, feminine

“fortress; pur [word]; town; purā [indecl.]; mahant.”

indro < indraḥ < indra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”

vy < vi

[adverb]

“apart; away; away.”

āsyat < as

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“shoot; remove.”

divodāsāya < divodāsa

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“Divodāsa.”

dāśuṣe < dāś

[verb noun], dative, singular

“sacrifice; give.”

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