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 1.23.9
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ह॒त वृ॒त्रं सु॑दानव॒ इन्द्रे॑ण॒ सह॑सा यु॒जा । मा नो॑ दु॒:शंस॑ ईशत ॥
हत वृत्रं सुदानव इन्द्रेण सहसा युजा । मा नो दुःशंस ईशत ॥
hata vṛtraṃ sudānava indreṇa sahasā yujā | mā no duḥśaṃsa īśata ||
English translation:
“Liberal donors, along with the mighty and associated Indra, destroy Vṛtra; let not the evil one prevail against us.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): medhātithiḥ kāṇvaḥ [medhātithi kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indromarutvān ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ह॒त । वृ॒त्रम् । सु॒ऽदा॒न॒व॒ । इन्द्रे॑ण । सह॑सा । यु॒जा । मा । नः॒ । दुः॒ऽशंसः॑ । ई॒श॒त॒ ॥
हत । वृत्रम् । सुदानव । इन्द्रेण । सहसा । युजा । मा । नः । दुःशंसः । ईशत ॥
hata | vṛtram | su-dānava | indreṇa | sahasā | yujā | mā | naḥ | duḥ-śaṃsaḥ | īśata
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.23.9 English analysis of grammar]
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“kill; cure; māray; remove; destroy; hit; injure; damage; destroy; paralyze; hurt; forge; beat; cut off; stop; overwhelm; kick; hunt; affect; strike; hammer; love; obstruct; shoot.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Vṛtra; vṛtra [word].”
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“big; lavish.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“powerful; mighty.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“ally; friend; pair; two; companion.”
[adverb]
“not.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“calumniatory; wicked.”
[verb], singular, Present injunctive
“govern; command; master; dominate; can; reign; control; own.”