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 5.30.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स्थि॒रं मन॑श्चकृषे जा॒त इ॑न्द्र॒ वेषीदेको॑ यु॒धये॒ भूय॑सश्चित् । अश्मा॑नं चि॒च्छव॑सा दिद्युतो॒ वि वि॒दो गवा॑मू॒र्वमु॒स्रिया॑णाम् ॥
स्थिरं मनश्चकृषे जात इन्द्र वेषीदेको युधये भूयसश्चित् । अश्मानं चिच्छवसा दिद्युतो वि विदो गवामूर्वमुस्रियाणाम् ॥
sthiram manaś cakṛṣe jāta indra veṣīd eko yudhaye bhūyasaś cit | aśmānaṃ cic chavasā didyuto vi vido gavām ūrvam usriyāṇām ||
English translation:
“As soon as genitive rated, Indra, you have made your mind resolved; you have gone alone to contend against numerous (foes); you have rent asunder the rock by your strength; you have rescued the herd of milk-yielding kine.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): babhru rātreyaḥ [babhru rātreya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra ṛṇañcayaśca ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स्थि॒रम् । मनः॑ । च॒कृ॒षे॒ । जा॒तः । इ॒न्द्र॒ । वेषि॑ । इत् । एकः॑ । यु॒धये॑ । भूय॑सः । चित् । अश्मा॑नम् । चि॒त् । शव॑सा । दि॒द्यु॒तः॒ । वि । वि॒दः । गवा॑म् । ऊ॒र्वम् । उ॒स्रिया॑णाम् ॥
स्थिरम् । मनः । चकृषे । जातः । इन्द्र । वेषि । इत् । एकः । युधये । भूयसः । चित् । अश्मानम् । चित् । शवसा । दिद्युतः । वि । विदः । गवाम् । ऊर्वम् । उस्रियाणाम् ॥
sthiram | manaḥ | cakṛṣe | jātaḥ | indra | veṣi | it | ekaḥ | yudhaye | bhūyasaḥ | cit | aśmānam | cit | śavasā | didyutaḥ | vi | vidaḥ | gavām | ūrvam | usriyāṇām
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 5.30.4 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“firm; hard; lasting; calm; stable; immovable; firm; strong; sthira [word]; vegetable; potent; steadfast; durable; firm; trustworthy; trustworthy; diligent.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“mind; Manas; purpose; idea; attention; heart; decision; manas [word]; manas [indecl.]; spirit; temper; intelligence.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“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.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“approach; ask; desire; go; drive.”
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“one; single(a); alone(p); some(a); single(a); eka [word]; alone(p); excellent; each(a); some(a); one; same; alone(p); some(a); consistent; any(a); undifferentiated; disjunct.”
[verb noun]
“fight; overcome.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“more(a); more(a); abounding in(p); stronger; bigger.”
[adverb]
“even; indeed.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“stone; aśmarī; rock; aśman [word]; adri; mineral; piṇḍatālaka; mountain.”
[adverb]
“even; indeed.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“strength; power; superiority.”
[noun], genitive, singular, feminine
“arrow; Didyut.”
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“find; detect; marry; get; think.”
[noun], genitive, plural, feminine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“pen; Aurva; ocean.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“red.”