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 1.8.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

व॒यं शूरे॑भि॒रस्तृ॑भि॒रिन्द्र॒ त्वया॑ यु॒जा व॒यम् । सा॒स॒ह्याम॑ पृतन्य॒तः ॥
वयं शूरेभिरस्तृभिरिन्द्र त्वया युजा वयम् । सासह्याम पृतन्यतः ॥
vayaṃ śūrebhir astṛbhir indra tvayā yujā vayam | sāsahyāma pṛtanyataḥ ||

English translation:

“With you for our ally, Indra, and (aided by) missile-hurling heroes, we are able to overcome (our foes) arrayed in hosts.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

व॒यम् । शूरे॑भिः । अस्तृ॑ऽभिः । इन्द्र॑ । त्वया॑ । यु॒जा । व॒यम् । सा॒स॒ह्याम॑ पृ॒त॒न्य॒तः ॥
वयम् । शूरेभिः । अस्तृभिः । इन्द्र । त्वया । युजा । वयम् । सासह्याम पृतन्यतः ॥
vayam | śūrebhiḥ | astṛ-bhiḥ | indra | tvayā | yujā | vayam | sāsahyāmapṛtanyataḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.8.4 English analysis of grammar]

vayaṃ < vayam < mad

[noun], nominative, plural

“I; mine.”

śūrebhir < śūrebhiḥ < śūra

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“brave; powerful.”

astṛbhir < astṛbhiḥ < astṛ

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“archer; shot.”

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

tvayā < tvad

[noun], instrumental, singular

“you.”

yujā < yuj

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“ally; friend; pair; two; companion.”

vayam < mad

[noun], nominative, plural

“I; mine.”

sāsahyāma < sah

[verb], plural, Perfect optative

“endure; overcome; habituate.”

pṛtanyataḥ < pṛtany

[verb noun], accusative, plural

“attack.”

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