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 1.7.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इन्द्र॒ इद्धर्यो॒: सचा॒ सम्मि॑श्ल॒ आ व॑चो॒युजा॑ । इन्द्रो॑ व॒ज्री हि॑र॒ण्यय॑: ॥
इन्द्र इद्धर्योः सचा सम्मिश्ल आ वचोयुजा । इन्द्रो वज्री हिरण्ययः ॥
indra id dharyoḥ sacā sammiśla ā vacoyujā | indro vajrī hiraṇyayaḥ ||

English translation:

Indra, the blender of all things, comes verily with his steeds that are harnessed at his word; Indra, the richly-decorated, the wielder of the thunderbolt.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Richly-decorated: hiraṇyaya = lit. golden, or made of gold

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इन्द्रः॑ । इत् । हर्योः॑ । सचा॑ । सम्ऽमि॑श्लः । आ । व॒चःऽयुजा॑ । इन्द्रः॑ । व॒ज्री । हि॒र॒ण्ययः॑ ॥
इन्द्रः । इत् । हर्योः । सचा । सम्मिश्लः । आ । वचःयुजा । इन्द्रः । वज्री । हिरण्ययः ॥
indraḥ | it | haryoḥ | sacā | sam-miślaḥ | ā | vacaḥ-yujā | indraḥ | vajrī | hiraṇyayaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.7.2 English analysis of grammar]

indra < indraḥ < indra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

iddharyoḥ < id

[adverb]

“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”

iddharyoḥ < haryoḥ < hari

[noun], locative, dual, masculine

“Vishnu; monkey; Krishna; horse; lion; Indra; Hari; Surya; Hari; haritāla; Hari; snake; frog.”

sacā

[adverb]

“jointly.”

sammiśla < sammiślaḥ < sammiśla

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

ā

[adverb]

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

vacoyujā < vacaḥ < vacas

[noun], neuter

“statement; command; speech; words; advice; word; voice.”

vacoyujā < yujā < yuj

[noun], accusative, dual, masculine

“amalgamated; harnessed.”

indro < indraḥ < indra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

vajrī < vajrin

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

hiraṇyayaḥ < hiraṇyaya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“gold; aureate; hiraṇyaya [word].”

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