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 5.36.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ ते॒ हनू॑ हरिवः शूर॒ शिप्रे॒ रुह॒त्सोमो॒ न पर्व॑तस्य पृ॒ष्ठे । अनु॑ त्वा राज॒न्नर्व॑तो॒ न हि॒न्वन्गी॒र्भिर्म॑देम पुरुहूत॒ विश्वे॑ ॥
आ ते हनू हरिवः शूर शिप्रे रुहत्सोमो न पर्वतस्य पृष्ठे । अनु त्वा राजन्नर्वतो न हिन्वन्गीर्भिर्मदेम पुरुहूत विश्वे ॥
ā te hanū harivaḥ śūra śipre ruhat somo na parvatasya pṛṣṭhe | anu tvā rājann arvato na hinvan gīrbhir madema puruhūta viśve ||

English translation:

“Hero, lord of horses, may the Soma, ascend to your destructive jaw, as if to the summit of a mountain; may we all, royal Indra, who are invoked of many, give plural asure to you with our hymns, as to horses with fodder.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Ascend to your destructive jaw: hanu śipre āruhat: the two nouns have the same sense; hence, one is an epithet of the other;

Hanu = means of destroying, or destructive hanana sādhanam

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): prabhūvasurāṅgirasaḥ [prabhūvasurāṅgirasa];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ । ते॒ । हनू॒ इति॑ । ह॒रि॒ऽवः॒ । शू॒र॒ । शिप्रे॒ इति॑ । रुह॑त् । सोमः॑ । न । पर्व॑तस्य । पृ॒ष्ठे । अनु॑ । त्वा॒ । रा॒ज॒न् । अर्व॑तः । न । हि॒न्वन् । गीः॒ऽभिः । म॒दे॒म॒ । पु॒रु॒ऽहू॒त॒ । विश्वे॑ ॥
आ । ते । हनू इति । हरिवः । शूर । शिप्रे इति । रुहत् । सोमः । न । पर्वतस्य । पृष्ठे । अनु । त्वा । राजन् । अर्वतः । न । हिन्वन् । गीःभिः । मदेम । पुरुहूत । विश्वे ॥
ā | te | hanūiti | hari-vaḥ | śūra | śipreiti | ruhat | somaḥ | na | parvatasya | pṛṣṭhe | anu | tvā | rājan | arvataḥ | na | hinvan | gīḥ-bhiḥ | madema | puru-hūta | viśve

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 5.36.2 English analysis of grammar]

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

te < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

hanū < hanu

[noun], accusative, dual, feminine

“jaw.”

harivaḥ < harivas < harivat

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

śūra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

śipre < śiprā

[noun], accusative, dual, feminine

“lip; śiprā.”

ruhat < ruh

[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)

“heal; grow; cicatrize; climb; board; ascend; grow.”

somo < somaḥ < soma

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

parvatasya < parvata

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

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

pṛṣṭhe < pṛṣṭha

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“back; top; top; surface; shell; peak; Pṛṣṭha; flat roof; pṛṣṭha [word]; back; roof.”

anu

[adverb]

“subsequently; behind; along; towards; because.”

tvā < tvad

[noun], accusative, singular

“you.”

rājann < rājan

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“king; Kshatriya; rājan [word]; best; rājāvarta; Yakṣa.”

arvato < arvataḥ < arvant

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“horse.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

hinvan < hi

[verb], plural, Present injunctive

“impel; send; spur; stimulate; urge.”

gīrbhir < gīrbhiḥ < gir

[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine

“hymn; praise; voice; words; invocation; command; statement; cry; language.”

madema < mad

[verb], plural, Present optative

“rut; intoxicate; delight; revel; rejoice; drink; ramp; exult.”

puruhūta

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Indra; Vishnu.”

viśve < viśva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

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

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