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 8.21.13
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒भ्रा॒तृ॒व्यो अ॒ना त्वमना॑पिरिन्द्र ज॒नुषा॑ स॒नाद॑सि । यु॒धेदा॑पि॒त्वमि॑च्छसे ॥
अभ्रातृव्यो अना त्वमनापिरिन्द्र जनुषा सनादसि । युधेदापित्वमिच्छसे ॥
abhrātṛvyo anā tvam anāpir indra januṣā sanād asi | yudhed āpitvam icchase ||
English translation:
“You, Indra, are by your birth brotherless; from ever are you without a kinsman; the kindred you desire is(that of him) who engages in war.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
"You, Indra, by your birth are from eternity without a foe, without a controller,without a kinsman; you desire to show your kinsmanship only by war, i.e. it is only by fighting that you are thefriend of your worshippers"
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): sobhariḥ kāṇvaḥ [sobhari kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛduṣṇik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒भ्रा॒तृ॒व्यः । अ॒ना । त्वम् । अना॑पिः । इ॒न्द्र॒ । ज॒नुषा॑ । स॒नात् । अ॒सि॒ । यु॒धा । इत् । आ॒पि॒ऽत्वम् । इ॒च्छ॒से॒ ॥
अभ्रातृव्यः । अना । त्वम् । अनापिः । इन्द्र । जनुषा । सनात् । असि । युधा । इत् । आपित्वम् । इच्छसे ॥
abhrātṛvyaḥ | anā | tvam | anāpiḥ | indra | januṣā | sanāt | asi | yudhā | it | āpi-tvam | icchase
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.21.13 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“not; akāra; a [taddhita]; a [word]; a; a.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“rival.”
[adverb]
[noun], nominative, singular
“you.”
[adverb]
“not.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“friend.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“birth.”
[adverb]
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“battle; fight; war; combat.”
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[noun], masculine
“friend.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“state; quality; cause; reason.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“desire; recommend; approve; seek; call; search; try; prefer; love; commend; assent; permit; choose.”