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 1.4.9

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तं त्वा॒ वाजे॑षु वा॒जिनं॑ वा॒जया॑मः शतक्रतो । धना॑नामिन्द्र सा॒तये॑ ॥
तं त्वा वाजेषु वाजिनं वाजयामः शतक्रतो । धनानामिन्द्र सातये ॥
taṃ tvā vājeṣu vājinaṃ vājayāmaḥ śatakrato | dhanānām indra sātaye ||

English translation:

“We offer to you, Śatakratu, the mighty in battle, (sacrificial) food for the acquisition, Indra, of riches.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): madhucchandāḥ vaiśvāmitraḥ [madhucchandas vaiśvāmitra];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तम् । त्वा॒ । वाजे॑षु । वा॒जिन॑म् । वा॒जया॑मः । श॒त॒क्र॒तो॒ इति॑ शतऽक्रतो । धना॑नाम् । इ॒न्द्र॒ । सा॒तये॑ ॥
तम् । त्वा । वाजेषु । वाजिनम् । वाजयामः । शतक्रतो इति शतक्रतो । धनानाम् । इन्द्र । सातये ॥
tam | tvā | vājeṣu | vājinam | vājayāmaḥ | śatakrato itiśata-krato | dhanānām | indra | sātaye

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.4.9 English analysis of grammar]

taṃ < tam < tad

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

tvā < tvad

[noun], accusative, singular

“you.”

vājeṣu < vāja

[noun], locative, plural, masculine

“prize; Vāja; reward; reward; Ribhus; vigor; strength; contest.”

vājinaṃ < vājinam < vājin

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“horse; bird; seven; hero; achiever; aphrodisiac.”

vājayāmaḥ < vājay < √vaj

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“incite.”

śatakrato < śatakratu

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Indra.”

dhanānām < dhana

[noun], genitive, plural, neuter

“wealth; property; money; treasure; prize; dhana [word]; valuable; dhan; capital; fight.”

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

sātaye < sāti

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

“victory; acquisition; contest.”

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