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 1.165.10

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

एक॑स्य चिन्मे वि॒भ्व१॒॑स्त्वोजो॒ या नु द॑धृ॒ष्वान्कृ॒णवै॑ मनी॒षा । अ॒हं ह्यु१॒॑ग्रो म॑रुतो॒ विदा॑नो॒ यानि॒ च्यव॒मिन्द्र॒ इदी॑श एषाम् ॥
एकस्य चिन्मे विभ्वस्त्वोजो या नु दधृष्वान्कृणवै मनीषा । अहं ह्युग्रो मरुतो विदानो यानि च्यवमिन्द्र इदीश एषाम् ॥
ekasya cin me vibhv astv ojo yā nu dadhṛṣvān kṛṇavai manīṣā | ahaṃ hy ugro maruto vidāno yāni cyavam indra id īśa eṣām ||

English translation:

“(Indra): May the prowes of me alone be irresistible; may I quickly accomplish whatever I contemplate in my mind; for verily, Maruts, I am fierce and sagacious and to whatever (objects) I direct (my thoughts), of them I am the lord, and rule (over them).”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): agastyaḥ [agastya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): bhurikpaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

एक॑स्य । चि॒त् । मे॒ । वि॒ऽभु । अ॒स्तु॒ । ओजः॑ । या । नु । द॒धृ॒ष्वान् । कृ॒णवै॑ । म॒नी॒षा । अ॒हम् । हि । उ॒ग्रः । म॒रु॒तः॒ । विदा॑नः । यानि॑ । च्यव॑म् । इन्द्रः॑ । इत् । ई॒शे॒ । ए॒षा॒म् ॥
एकस्य । चित् । मे । विभु । अस्तु । ओजः । या । नु । दधृष्वान् । कृणवै । मनीषा । अहम् । हि । उग्रः । मरुतः । विदानः । यानि । च्यवम् । इन्द्रः । इत् । ईशे । एषाम् ॥
ekasya | cit | me | vi-bhu | astu | ojaḥ | yā | nu | dadhṛṣvān | kṛṇavai | manīṣā | aham | hi | ugraḥ | marutaḥ | vidānaḥ | yāni | cyavam | indraḥ | it | īśe | eṣām

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.165.10 English analysis of grammar]

ekasya < eka

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“one; single(a); alone(p); some(a); single(a); eka [word]; alone(p); excellent; each(a); some(a); one; same; alone(p); some(a); consistent; any(a); undifferentiated; disjunct.”

cin < cit

[adverb]

“even; indeed.”

me < mad

[noun], genitive, singular

“I; mine.”

vibhv < vibhu

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“mighty; abundant; big.”

astv < astu < as

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”

ojo < ojaḥ < ojas

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“strength; power; ojas; ojas [word]; potency; might.”

< yad

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

nu

[adverb]

“now; already.”

dadhṛṣvān < dhṛṣ

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“dare; attack.”

kṛṇavai < kṛ

[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)

“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”

manīṣā

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“hymn; inspiration; idea; thinking; wish; consideration; intelligence.”

ahaṃ < aham < mad

[noun], nominative, singular

“I; mine.”

hy < hi

[adverb]

“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”

ugro < ugraḥ < ugra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“powerful; awful; dangerous; intense; mighty; potent; colicky; atrocious.”

maruto < marutaḥ < marut

[noun], vocative, plural, masculine

“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”

vidāno < vidānaḥ < vid

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“know; diagnose; perceive; know; accord; notice; deem; mind; learn; specify; watch; recognize; detect; call.”

yāni < yad

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

cyavam < cyu

[verb], singular, Present injunctive

“fall down; issue; shoot; ejaculate; deviate; banish; drop; dislodge; miss; deprive.”

indra < indraḥ < indra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

id

[adverb]

“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”

īśa < īśe < īś

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“govern; command; master; dominate; can; reign; control; own.”

eṣām < idam

[noun], genitive, plural, neuter

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

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