Rig Veda 1.30.5: Mandala 1, Sukta 30, Mantra 5

Sukta 1.30

Rishi: Kakṣīvān Dairghatamasa

Devata: Indra

Chandas: Triṣṭubh (probable; requires scan)

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

स्तोत्रं राधानां पते गिर्वाहो वीर यस्य ते । विभूतिरस्तु सूनृता ॥

Sanskrit recitationRig Veda 1.30.5

Transliteration

stotrám rā́dhānāṃ pate gírvāho vīra yásya te | vibhū́tir astu sūnṛ́tā ||

Translation

汝に讃歌を、豊饒の主よ、霊感の詠唱を担う者よ；英雄よ、汝の広大なる顕現が、われらにとって真実にして光り輝く言葉となれ。

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Word by Word

• स्तोत्रम्: hymn; praise-song
• स्तोत्रम्: Karma (of implied verb ‘we offer/utter’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोत्र (√स्तु ‘to praise’ > स्तोत्र- ‘hymn of praise’)

• राधानाम्: of bounties; of gifts
• राधानाम्: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राधा- (wealth, bounty; from √राध्/√राध ‘to succeed, to prosper; to grant’)

• पते: O lord/master
• पते: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पति-

• गिर्वाहो: O bearer/receiver of songs (Indra)
• गिर्वाहो: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: गिर्- ‘song, praise’ + वाह- (from √वह् ‘to carry’) → गिर्वाह- ‘praise-bearing/receiving’

• वीर: O hero
• वीर: Sambodhana (address)
• Type: Noun (epithet)
• Root: वीर-

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (genitive: ‘whose’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (relative pronoun)

• ते: to you; for you
• ते: Sampradāna / Sambandha (to/for you; or of you, contextually ‘to you’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद् (2nd person pronoun)

• विभूतिः: abundance; manifest power; prosperity
• विभूतिः: Kartā (subject of अस्तु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वि-भूति- (from √भू ‘to be, become’ with vi-; ‘manifest power, abundance’)

• अस्तु: let there be; may it be
• अस्तु: Kriyā (verbal action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् ‘to be’

• सूनृता: true/gentle speech; gracious praise
• सूनृता: Kartā (appositional/coordinate subject with विभूतिः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूनृता- (सु- + नृ/नृता ‘manly/true speech’ → ‘good/true speech, gracious utterance’)