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 4.30.23
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उ॒त नू॒नं यदि॑न्द्रि॒यं क॑रि॒ष्या इ॑न्द्र॒ पौंस्य॑म् । अ॒द्या नकि॒ष्टदा मि॑नत् ॥
उत नूनं यदिन्द्रियं करिष्या इन्द्र पौंस्यम् । अद्या नकिष्टदा मिनत् ॥
uta nūnaṃ yad indriyaṃ kariṣyā indra pauṃsyam | adyā nakiṣ ṭad ā minat ||
English translation:
“When, indeed, Indra, you excite your vigorous manhood, there is no one at the present time who may resist it.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vāmadevo gautamaḥ [vāmadeva gautama];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उ॒त । नू॒नम् । यत् । इ॒न्द्रि॒यम् । क॒रि॒ष्याः । इ॒न्द्र॒ । पौंस्य॑म् । अ॒द्य । नकिः॑ । टत् । आ । मि॒न॒त् ॥
उत । नूनम् । यत् । इन्द्रियम् । करिष्याः । इन्द्र । पौंस्यम् । अद्य । नकिः । टत् । आ । मिनत् ॥
uta | nūnam | yat | indriyam | kariṣyāḥ | indra | paiṃsyam | adya | nakiḥ | ṭat | ā | minat
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 4.30.23 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”
[adverb]
“now; surely; immediately; just.”
[adverb]
“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“aindra.”
[verb], singular, Conditional
“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], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“manfulness; deed; army; strength.”
[adverb]
“now; today; then; nowadays; adya [word].”
[adverb]
“not.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“transgress; damage.”