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 4.30.12
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उ॒त सिन्धुं॑ विबा॒ल्यं॑ वितस्था॒नामधि॒ क्षमि॑ । परि॑ ष्ठा इन्द्र मा॒यया॑ ॥
उत सिन्धुं विबाल्यं वितस्थानामधि क्षमि । परि ष्ठा इन्द्र मायया ॥
uta sindhuṃ vibālyaṃ vitasthānām adhi kṣami | pari ṣṭhā indra māyayā ||
English translation:
“You have spread abroad upon the earth, by your contrivance, the swollen Sindhu when arrested (on its course).”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Sindhu vibālyam vitasthānam : vigatabālyāvasthām, whose youth was passed, i.e., who was full of water, sampūrṇajalam, and vitiṣṭhamānam, stopping or being stopped
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 । सिन्धु॑म् । वि॒ऽबा॒ल्य॑म् । वि॒ऽत॒स्था॒नाम् । अधि॑ । क्षमि॑ । परि॑ । स्थाः । इ॒न्द्र॒ । मा॒यया॑ ॥
उत । सिन्धुम् । विबाल्यम् । वितस्थानाम् । अधि । क्षमि । परि । स्थाः । इन्द्र । मायया ॥
uta | sindhum | vi-bālyam | vi-tasthānām | adhi | kṣami | pari | sthāḥ | indra | māyayā
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 4.30.12 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“river; Indus; sindhu [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“stand; stay; resist.”
[adverb]
“on; from; accordingly.”
[noun], locative, singular, feminine
“Earth; heaven and earth.”
[adverb]
“from; about; around.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“magic trick; Māyā; deception; illusion; māyā [word]; disguise; trick.”