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 1.7.7

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तु॒ञ्जेतु॑ञ्जे॒ य उत्त॑रे॒ स्तोमा॒ इन्द्र॑स्य व॒ज्रिण॑: । न वि॑न्धे अस्य सुष्टु॒तिम् ॥
तुञ्जेतुञ्जे य उत्तरे स्तोमा इन्द्रस्य वज्रिणः । न विन्धे अस्य सुष्टुतिम् ॥
tuñje-tuñje ya uttare stomā indrasya vajriṇaḥ | na vindhe asya suṣṭutim ||

English translation:

“Whatever excellent praises are given to other dignities, they are (also the due) of Indra the thunderer; I do not know his fitting praise.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Tuñjastuñjaterdānakarmaṇaḥ (Nirukta. 6.17-18)

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तु॒ञ्जेऽतु॑ञ्जे । ये । उत्ऽत॑रे । स्तोमाः॑ । इन्द्र॑स्य । व॒ज्रिणः॑ । न । वि॒न्धे॒ । अ॒स्य॒ । सु॒ऽस्तु॒तिम् ॥
तुञ्जेतुञ्जे । ये । उत्तरे । स्तोमाः । इन्द्रस्य । वज्रिणः । न । विन्धे । अस्य । सुस्तुतिम् ॥
tuñje--tuñje | ye | ut-tare | stomāḥ | indrasya | vajriṇaḥ | na | vindhe | asya | su-stutim

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.7.7 English analysis of grammar]

tuñje < tuñja

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

tuñje < tuñja

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

ya < ye < yad

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

uttare < uttara

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“northern; following; upper; additional; better; more(a); last; concluding; superior; later(a); uttara [word]; prevailing; future; left; northerly; northerly; higher; second; dominant; excellent; chief(a).”

stomā < stomāḥ < stoma

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“hymn; Stoma; stoma [word].”

indrasya < indra

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

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

vajriṇaḥ < vajrin

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“Indra; vajra; Euphorbia neriifolia L.; abhra; Buddha.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

vindhe < vidh

[verb], singular, Present indikative

asya < idam

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

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

suṣṭutim < suṣṭuti

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“hymn; praise.”

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