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 1.5.9

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अक्षि॑तोतिः सनेदि॒मं वाज॒मिन्द्र॑: सह॒स्रिण॑म् । यस्मि॒न्विश्वा॑नि॒ पौंस्या॑ ॥
अक्षितोतिः सनेदिमं वाजमिन्द्रः सहस्रिणम् । यस्मिन्विश्वानि पौंस्या ॥
akṣitotiḥ saned imaṃ vājam indraḥ sahasriṇam | yasmin viśvāni pauṃsyā ||

English translation:

“May Indra, the unobstructed protector, enjoy these manifold (sacrificial) viands, in which all manly properties abide.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अक्षि॑तऽऊतिः । स॒ने॒त् । इ॒मम् । वाज॑म् । इन्द्रः॑ । स॒ह॒स्रिण॑म् । यस्मि॑न् । विश्वा॑नि । पौंस्या॑ ॥
अक्षितऊतिः । सनेत् । इमम् । वाजम् । इन्द्रः । सहस्रिणम् । यस्मिन् । विश्वानि । पौंस्या ॥
akṣita-ūtiḥ | sanet | imam | vājam | indraḥ | sahasriṇam | yasmin | viśvāni | paiṃsyā

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.5.9 English analysis of grammar]

akṣitotiḥ < akṣitoti

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Indra.”

saned < sanet < san

[verb], singular, Aorist optative

“win; get; gain.”

imaṃ < imam < idam

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

vājam < vāja

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

indraḥ < indra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

sahasriṇam < sahasrin

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“thousandfold.”

yasmin < yad

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

viśvāni < viśva

[noun], nominative, plural, neuter

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

pauṃsyā < pauṃsya

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“manfulness; deed; army; strength.”

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