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 1.11.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
पु॒रां भि॒न्दुर्युवा॑ क॒विरमि॑तौजा अजायत । इन्द्रो॒ विश्व॑स्य॒ कर्म॑णो ध॒र्ता व॒ज्री पु॑रुष्टु॒तः ॥
पुरां भिन्दुर्युवा कविरमितौजा अजायत । इन्द्रो विश्वस्य कर्मणो धर्ता वज्री पुरुष्टुतः ॥
purām bhindur yuvā kavir amitaujā ajāyata | indro viśvasya karmaṇo dhartā vajrī puruṣṭutaḥ ||
English translation:
“Indra was born the destroyer of cities, ever young, ever wise, of unbounded strength, the sustainer of all pious acts, the wielder of the thunderbolt, the many-praised.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Text: purām bhinduḥ, breaker of cities;
Added: asurāṇām (asuras)
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): jetā mādhucchndasaḥ [jetā mādhucchndasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): anuṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
पु॒राम् । भि॒न्दुः । युवा॑ । क॒विः । अमि॑तऽओजाः । अ॒जा॒य॒त॒ । इन्द्रः॑ । विश्व॑स्य । कर्म॑णः । ध॒र्ता । व॒ज्री । पु॒रु॒ऽस्तु॒तः ॥
पुराम् । भिन्दुः । युवा । कविः । अमितओजाः । अजायत । इन्द्रः । विश्वस्य । कर्मणः । धर्ता । वज्री । पुरुस्तुतः ॥
purām | bhinduḥ | yuvā | kaviḥ | amita-ojāḥ | ajāyata | indraḥ | viśvasya | kamarṇaḥ | dhartā | vajrī | puru-stutaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.11.4 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], genitive, plural, feminine
“fortress; pur [word]; town; purā [indecl.]; mahant.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“young; youthful.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“poet; wise man; bard; Venus; Uśanas; kavi [word]; Kavi; prophet; guru; Brahma.”
[noun]
“infinite; illimitable; countless.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“strength; power; ojas; ojas [word]; potency; might.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“action; saṃskāra; ritual; procedure; karman; treatment; object; function; production; job; operation; karman [word]; act; job; passive voice; activity; consequence; function; yajña; pañcakarman; cooking; occupation; profession; construction; duty; method; natural process; duty; therapy.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“supporter.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra; vajra; Euphorbia neriifolia L.; abhra; Buddha.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra; Vishnu; Agni.”