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 1.11.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

स॒ख्ये त॑ इन्द्र वा॒जिनो॒ मा भे॑म शवसस्पते । त्वाम॒भि प्र णो॑नुमो॒ जेता॑र॒मप॑राजितम् ॥
सख्ये त इन्द्र वाजिनो मा भेम शवसस्पते । त्वामभि प्र णोनुमो जेतारमपराजितम् ॥
sakhye ta indra vājino mā bhema śavasas pate | tvām abhi pra ṇonumo jetāram aparājitam ||

English translation:

“Supported by your friendship, Indra, cherisher of strength, we have no fear, but glorify you, the conqueror, the unconquered.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): jetā mādhucchndasaḥ [jetā mādhucchndasa];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdanuṣṭup;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

स॒ख्ये । ते॒ । इ॒न्द्र॒ । वा॒जिनः॑ । मा । भे॒म॒ । श॒व॒सः॒ । प॒ते॒ । त्वाम् । अ॒भि । प्र । नो॒नु॒मः॒ । जेता॑रम् । अप॑राऽजितम् ॥
सख्ये । ते । इन्द्र । वाजिनः । मा । भेम । शवसः । पते । त्वाम् । अभि । प्र । नोनुमः । जेतारम् । अपराजितम् ॥
sakhye | te | indra | vājinaḥ | mā | bhema | śavasaḥ | pate | tvām | abhi | pra | nonumaḥ | jetāram | aparājitam

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.11.2 English analysis of grammar]

sakhye < sakhya

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“friendship; aid; company.”

ta < te < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

vājino < vājinaḥ < vājin

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“victorious; triumphant; strong; gainful.”

[adverb]

“not.”

bhema < bhī

[verb], plural, Aorist inj. (proh.)

“fear; fear.”

śavasas < śavas

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“strength; power; superiority.”

pate < pati

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“husband; overlord; king; deity; īśvara; ruler; pati [word]; commanding officer; leader; owner; mayor; lord.”

tvām < tvad

[noun], accusative, singular

“you.”

abhi

[adverb]

“towards; on.”

pra

[adverb]

“towards; ahead.”

ṇonumo < ṇonumaḥ < nonāv < √nū

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“bellow.”

jetāram < jetṛ

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“curative; victorious.”

aparājitam < aparājita

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“unbeaten; unexcelled.”

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