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 1.32.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अह॒न्नहिं॒ पर्व॑ते शिश्रिया॒णं त्वष्टा॑स्मै॒ वज्रं॑ स्व॒र्यं॑ ततक्ष । वा॒श्रा इ॑व धे॒नव॒: स्यन्द॑माना॒ अञ्ज॑: समु॒द्रमव॑ जग्मु॒राप॑: ॥
अहन्नहिं पर्वते शिश्रियाणं त्वष्टास्मै वज्रं स्वर्यं ततक्ष । वाश्रा इव धेनवः स्यन्दमाना अञ्जः समुद्रमव जग्मुरापः ॥
ahann ahim parvate śiśriyāṇaṃ tvaṣṭāsmai vajraṃ svaryaṃ tatakṣa | vāśrā iva dhenavaḥ syandamānā añjaḥ samudram ava jagmur āpaḥ ||
English translation:
“He clove the cloud, seeking refuge on the mountain; Tvaṣṭa) sharpened his far-whirling bolt; the flowing waters quickly hastened to the ocean, like cows (hastening) to their calves.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): hiraṇyastūpa āṅgirasaḥ [hiraṇyastūpa āṅgirasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अह॑न् । अहि॑म् । पर्व॑ते । शि॒श्रि॒या॒णम् । त्वष्टा॑ । अ॒स्मै॒ । वज्र॑म् । स्व॒र्य॑म् । त॒त॒क्ष॒ । वा॒श्राःऽइ॑व । धे॒नवः॑ । स्यन्द॑मानाः । अञ्जः॑ । स॒मु॒द्रम् । अव॑ । ज॒ग्मुः॒ । आपः॑ ॥
अहन् । अहिम् । पर्वते । शिश्रियाणम् । त्वष्टा । अस्मै । वज्रम् । स्वर्यम् । ततक्ष । वाश्राःइव । धेनवः । स्यन्दमानाः । अञ्जः । समुद्रम् । अव । जग्मुः । आपः ॥
ahan | ahim | parvate | śiśriyāṇam | tvaṣṭā | asmai | vajram | svaryam | tatakṣa | vāśrāḥ-iva | dhenavaḥ | syandamānāḥ | añjaḥ | samudram | ava | jagmuḥ | āpaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.32.2 English analysis of grammar]
[verb], singular, Root aorist (Ind.)
“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
“snake; lead; nāga; Nāga; ahi [word]; Vṛtra.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“mountain; Parvata; parvata [word]; Parvata; Parvata; rock; height.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“situate; dwell; go; lurk; reach; rear; repose; cling to.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Tvaṣṭṛ; Viśvakarman; sun.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“vajra; Vajra; vajra; vajra; lightning; abhra; vajramūṣā; diamond; vajra [word]; vajrakapāṭa; vajra; vaikrānta.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“good for the voice.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“produce; shape; fashion; chisel; invent.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“cow; dhenu [word]; milk.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“run.”
[adverb]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“ocean; Samudra; sea; samudra [word]; four.”
[adverb]
“down.”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”