Rig Veda 5.30.10 - Mandala 5, Sukta 30, Mantra 10

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Rig Veda 5.30.10: Mandala 5, Sukta 30, Mantra 10

Sukta 5.30

Rishi: Atri Bhauma (Ātreya) (traditional attribution for RV 5.30)

Devata: Indra (with Soma as enabling offering)

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; confirm via metrical audit)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

समत्र गावोऽभितोऽनवन्तेहेह वत्सैर्वियुता यदासन् । सं ता इन्द्रो असृजदस्य शाकैर्यदीं सोमासः सुषुता अमन्दन् ॥

Recitation with translationRig Veda 5.30.10

Transliteration

sam átra gā́vo ’bhíto ’navanta hehā́ vatsáir víyutā yád āsan | sáṃ tā índro asṛjad asya śākáir yád īṃ sómāsaḥ suṣutā́ ámandan ||

Translation

Da kamen die Kühe ringsum zusammen, hier brüllend, als sie von den Kälbern getrennt waren. Indra führte sie zusammen und ließ sie frei durch seine Kräfte, als die gut gepressten Somas (somāsaḥ) ihn erfreuten.

Word by Word

समत्रtogether here / in one place

गावःthe cows

अभितःaround, on all sides

अनवन्तेthey bellow/low (make a sound)

इहhere

एहhey! / lo!

वत्सैःwith (their) calves

वियुताःseparated, parted

यत्when/that which

आसन्they were

सम्together, completely

ताःthem (those cows)

इन्द्रःIndra

असृजत्released, set free

अस्यof him / his

शाकैःwith branches/boughs (splinters, stakes)

यदाwhen

ईम्indeed, just, then

सोमासःthe Soma-juices

सुषुताःwell-pressed

अमन्दन्they exhilarated/cheered (him), made (him) glad

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