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 1.7.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इन्द्र॒ वाजे॑षु नोऽव स॒हस्र॑प्रधनेषु च । उ॒ग्र उ॒ग्राभि॑रू॒तिभि॑: ॥
इन्द्र वाजेषु नोऽव सहस्रप्रधनेषु च । उग्र उग्राभिरूतिभिः ॥
indra vājeṣu no 'va sahasrapradhaneṣu ca | ugra ugrābhir ūtibhiḥ ||
English translation:
“Invincible Indra, protect us in battles abounding in spoil, with insuperable defenceṣ ”
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 । वाजे॑षु । नः॒ । अ॒व॒ । स॒हस्र॑ऽप्रधनेषु । च॒ । उ॒ग्रः । उ॒ग्राभिः॑ । ऊ॒तिऽभिः॑ ॥
इन्द्रः । वाजेषु । नः । अव । सहस्रप्रधनेषु । च । उग्रः । उग्राभिः । ऊतिभिः ॥
indraḥ | vājeṣu | naḥ | ava | sahasra-pradhaneṣu | ca | ugraḥ | ugrābhiḥ | ūti-bhiḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.7.4 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“prize; Vāja; reward; reward; Ribhus; vigor; strength; contest.”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“support; help; prefer; prefer; like.”
[noun], neuter
“thousand; one-thousandth; sahasra [word].”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“powerful; awful; dangerous; intense; mighty; potent; colicky; atrocious.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“powerful; awful; dangerous; intense; mighty; potent; colicky; atrocious.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“aid; favor; ūti [word].”