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 4.30.21

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अस्वा॑पयद्द॒भीत॑ये स॒हस्रा॑ त्रिं॒शतं॒ हथै॑: । दा॒साना॒मिन्द्रो॑ मा॒यया॑ ॥
अस्वापयद्दभीतये सहस्रा त्रिंशतं हथैः । दासानामिन्द्रो मायया ॥
asvāpayad dabhītaye sahasrā triṃśataṃ hathaiḥ | dāsānām indro māyayā ||

English translation:

“He put to sleep, by delusion, with his destructive (weapons), thirty thousand of the servile (races), for the sake of Dabhīti.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अस्वा॑पयत् । द॒भीत॑ये । स॒हस्रा॑ । त्रिं॒शत॑म् । हथैः॑ । दा॒साना॑म् । इन्द्रः॑ । मा॒यया॑ ॥
अस्वापयत् । दभीतये । सहस्रा । त्रिंशतम् । हथैः । दासानाम् । इन्द्रः । मायया ॥
asvāpayat | dabhītaye | sahasrā | triṃśatam | hathaiḥ | dāsānām | indraḥ | māyayā

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 4.30.21 English analysis of grammar]

asvāpayad < asvāpayat < svāpay < √svap

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“put to sleep.”

dabhītaye < dabhīti

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“Dabhīti.”

sahasrā < sahasra

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“thousand; one-thousandth; sahasra [word].”

triṃśataṃ < triṃśatam < triṃśat

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“thirty; triṃśat [word].”

hathaiḥ < hatha

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“blow.”

dāsānām < dāsa

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“slave; Dāsa; servant; savage; Shudra.”

indro < indraḥ < indra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

māyayā < māyā

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“magic trick; Māyā; deception; illusion; māyā [word]; disguise; trick.”

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