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 3.55.8

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

शूर॑स्येव॒ युध्य॑तो अन्त॒मस्य॑ प्रती॒चीनं॑ ददृशे॒ विश्व॑मा॒यत् । अ॒न्तर्म॒तिश्च॑रति नि॒ष्षिधं॒ गोर्म॒हद्दे॒वाना॑मसुर॒त्वमेक॑म् ॥
शूरस्येव युध्यतो अन्तमस्य प्रतीचीनं ददृशे विश्वमायत् । अन्तर्मतिश्चरति निष्षिधं गोर्महद्देवानामसुरत्वमेकम् ॥
śūrasyeva yudhyato antamasya pratīcīnaṃ dadṛśe viśvam āyat | antar matiś carati niṣṣidhaṃ gor mahad devānām asuratvam ekam ||

English translation:

“All (creatures) approaching too near his confines are beheld with their faces turned away as (an enemy) flies from a combatant; obvious (to all), he penetrates the water for its destruction; great and unequalled is the might of the gods.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): prajāpatirvaiśvāmitro vācyo vā [prajāpatirvaiśvāmitra vācya vā];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā, agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

शूर॑स्यऽइव । युध्य॑तः । अ॒न्त॒मस्य॑ । प्र॒ती॒चीन॑म् । द॒दृ॒शे॒ । विश्व॑म् । आ॒ऽयत् । अ॒न्तः । म॒तिः । च॒र॒ति॒ । निः॒ऽसिध॑म् । गोः । म॒हत् । दे॒वाना॑म् । अ॒सु॒र॒ऽत्वम् । एक॑म् ॥
शूरस्यइव । युध्यतः । अन्तमस्य । प्रतीचीनम् । ददृशे । विश्वम् । आयत् । अन्तः । मतिः । चरति । निःसिधम् । गोः । महत् । देवानाम् । असुरत्वम् । एकम् ॥
śūrasya-iva | yudhyataḥ | antamasya | pratīcīnam | dadṛśe | viśvam | āyat | antaḥ | matiḥ | carati | niḥ-sidham | goḥ | mahat | devānām | asura-tvam | ekam

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 3.55.8 English analysis of grammar]

śūrasyeva < śūrasya < śūra

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“hero; cock; śūra; Śūra; Vatica robusta; Plumbago zeylanica; warrior; hero; attacker; lentil; wild boar; lion; dog.”

śūrasyeva < iva

[adverb]

“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”

yudhyato < yudhyataḥ < yudh

[verb noun], genitive, singular

“fight; overcome.”

antamasya < antama

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“intimate; bosom(a).”

pratīcīnaṃ < pratīcīnam < pratīcīna

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“facing.”

dadṛśe < dṛś

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“see; observe; view; visit; look; learn; meet; read; teach; examine; watch; see; notice; perceive; diagnose; travel to; show; detect; know; know; understand; understand; follow.”

viśvam < viśva

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

āyat < e < √i

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“come; travel.”

antar

[adverb]

“inside; in; antar [word]; midmost; between; among.”

matiś < matiḥ < mati

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“intelligence; decision; mind; hymn; purpose; idea; opinion; belief; desire; wish; conviction; plan; devotion.”

carati < car

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“car; wander; perform; travel; bore; produce; make; dwell; dig; act; observe; enter (a state); observe; cause; crop; behave; practice; heed; process; administer.”

niṣṣidhaṃ < niṣṣidham < niṣṣidh

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

gor < goḥ < go

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”

mahad < mahat

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“large; eminent; great; loud; dangerous; strong; long; high; much(a); mahant [word]; ample; very; great; adult; important; dark; high; abundant; violent; remarkable; mighty; big; long.”

devānām < deva

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

asuratvam < asura

[noun], masculine

“Asura; lord; asura [word]; sulfur.”

asuratvam < tvam < tva

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“state; quality; cause; reason.”

ekam < eka

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“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.”

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