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 4.30.14

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उ॒त दा॒सं कौ॑लित॒रं बृ॑ह॒तः पर्व॑ता॒दधि॑ । अवा॑हन्निन्द्र॒ शम्ब॑रम् ॥
उत दासं कौलितरं बृहतः पर्वतादधि । अवाहन्निन्द्र शम्बरम् ॥
uta dāsaṃ kaulitaram bṛhataḥ parvatād adhi | avāhann indra śambaram ||

English translation:

“You have slain the slave Śambara, the son Kulitara hurling him off the huge mountain.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उ॒त । दा॒सम् । कौ॒लि॒ऽत॒रम् । बृ॒ह॒तः । पर्व॑तात् । अधि॑ । अव॑ । अ॒ह॒न् । इ॒न्द्र॒ । शम्ब॑रम् ॥
उत । दासम् । कौलितरम् । बृहतः । पर्वतात् । अधि । अव । अहन् । इन्द्र । शम्बरम् ॥
uta | dāsam | kauli-taram | bṛhataḥ | parvatāt | adhi | ava | ahan | indra | śambaram

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 4.30.14 English analysis of grammar]

uta

[adverb]

“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”

dāsaṃ < dāsam < dāsa

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

kaulitaram < kaulitara

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

bṛhataḥ < bṛhat

[noun], ablative, singular, masculine

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

parvatād < parvatāt < parvata

[noun], ablative, singular, masculine

“mountain; Parvata; parvata [word]; Parvata; Parvata; rock; height.”

adhi

[adverb]

“on; from; accordingly.”

avāhann < avāhan < avahan < √han

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“thrash; strike.”

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

śambaram < śambara

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Śambara; Śambara.”

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