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 6.30.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अधा॑ मन्ये बृ॒हद॑सु॒र्य॑मस्य॒ यानि॑ दा॒धार॒ नकि॒रा मि॑नाति । दि॒वेदि॑वे॒ सूर्यो॑ दर्श॒तो भू॒द्वि सद्मा॑न्युर्वि॒या सु॒क्रतु॑र्धात् ॥
अधा मन्ये बृहदसुर्यमस्य यानि दाधार नकिरा मिनाति । दिवेदिवे सूर्यो दर्शतो भूद्वि सद्मान्युर्विया सुक्रतुर्धात् ॥
adhā manye bṛhad asuryam asya yāni dādhāra nakir ā mināti | dive-dive sūryo darśato bhūd vi sadmāny urviyā sukratur dhāt ||

English translation:

“I now glorify his vast and asura-destroying (vigour); those exploits that he has determined (to achieve) no one can resist; (by him) the sun was made daily visible; and he, the doer of great deeds, spread out the spacious regions (of the universe).”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

The sun was made visible: an allusion to Indra breaking asunder the clouds

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bharadvājo bārhaspatyaḥ [bharadvāja bārhaspatya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अध॑ । म॒न्ये॒ । बृ॒हत् । अ॒सु॒र्य॑म् । अ॒स्य॒ । यानि॑ । दा॒धार॑ । नकिः॑ । आ । मि॒ना॒ति॒ । दि॒वेऽदि॑वे । सूर्यः॑ । द॒र्श॒तः । भू॒त् । वि । सद्मा॑नि । उ॒र्वि॒या । सु॒ऽक्रतुः॑ । धा॒त् ॥
अध । मन्ये । बृहत् । असुर्यम् । अस्य । यानि । दाधार । नकिः । आ । मिनाति । दिवेदिवे । सूर्यः । दर्शतः । भूत् । वि । सद्मानि । उर्विया । सुक्रतुः । धात् ॥
adha | manye | bṛhat | asuryam | asya | yāni | dādhāra | nakiḥ | ā | mināti | dive--dive | sūryaḥ | darśataḥ | bhūt | vi | sadmāni | urviyā | su-kratuḥ | dhāt

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 6.30.2 English analysis of grammar]

adhā < adha

[adverb]

“then; and; therefore; now.”

manye < man

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“think of; name; believe; teach; honor; deem; recommend; approve; think; define; call; respect; believe; enumerate; understand; see; describe.”

bṛhad < bṛhat

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“large; great; loud; high; much(a); exalted; abundant; intensive; strong; huge.”

asuryam < asurya

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“dignity.”

asya < idam

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

yāni < yad

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

dādhāra < dhṛ

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“keep; put; hold; assume; wear; take; promise; stay; exist; hold; begin; dip.”

nakir

[adverb]

“not.”

ā < _ < √_

[?]

“_”

mināti <

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“transgress; damage.”

dive < diva

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“day; sky; Svarga.”

dive < diva

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“day; sky; Svarga.”

sūryo < sūryaḥ < sūrya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”

darśato < darśataḥ < darśata

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“beautiful; visible; beautiful.”

bhūd < bhūt < bhū

[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)

“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”

vi

[adverb]

“apart; away; away.”

sadmāny < sadmāni < sadman

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“seat; house; stable; dwelling.”

urviyā

[adverb]

“wide; widely.”

sukratur < sukratuḥ < sukratu

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“wise.”

dhāt < dhā

[verb], singular, Aorist conj./subj.

“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”

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