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 1.32.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यदि॒न्द्राह॑न्प्रथम॒जामही॑ना॒मान्मा॒यिना॒ममि॑ना॒: प्रोत मा॒याः । आत्सूर्यं॑ ज॒नय॒न्द्यामु॒षासं॑ ता॒दीत्ना॒ शत्रुं॒ न किला॑ विवित्से ॥
यदिन्द्राहन्प्रथमजामहीनामान्मायिनाममिनाः प्रोत मायाः । आत्सूर्यं जनयन्द्यामुषासं तादीत्ना शत्रुं न किला विवित्से ॥
yad indrāhan prathamajām ahīnām ān māyinām amināḥ prota māyāḥ | āt sūryaṃ janayan dyām uṣāsaṃ tādītnā śatruṃ na kilā vivitse ||

English translation:

“Inasmuch, Indra, as you have divided the first-born of the clouds, you have destroyed the delusions of the deluders, and then engendering the sun, the dawn, the firmament, you have not left an enemy (to oppose you).”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

First-born of the clouds: the first-formed cloud

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): hiraṇyastūpa āṅgirasaḥ [hiraṇyastūpa āṅgirasa];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यत् । इ॒न्द्र॒ । अह॑न् । प्र॒थ॒म॒ऽजाम् । अही॑नाम् । आत् । मा॒यिना॑म् । अमि॑नाः । प्र । उ॒त । मा॒याः । आत् । सूर्य॑म् । ज॒नय॑न् । द्याम् । उ॒षास॑म् । ता॒दीत्ना॑ । शत्रु॑म् । न । किला॑ । वि॒वि॒त्से॒ ॥
यत् । इन्द्र । अहन् । प्रथमजाम् । अहीनाम् । आत् । मायिनाम् । अमिनाः । प्र । उत । मायाः । आत् । सूर्यम् । जनयन् । द्याम् । उषासम् । तादीत्ना । शत्रुम् । न । किला । विवित्से ॥
yat | indra | ahan | prathama-jām | ahīnām | āt | māyinām | amināḥ | pra | uta | māyāḥ | āt | sūryam | janayan | dyām | uṣāsam | tādītnā | śatrum | na | kilā | vivitse

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.32.4 English analysis of grammar]

yad < yat

[adverb]

“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”

indrāhan < indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

indrāhan < ahan < han

[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.”

prathamajām < prathama

[noun]

“first; prathama [word]; third; young; chief(a); best; antecedent.”

prathamajām < jām <

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“born.”

ahīnām < ahi

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“snake; lead; nāga; Nāga; ahi [word]; Vṛtra.”

ān < āt

[adverb]

“then.”

māyinām < māyin

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“artful; charming; crafty; deceptive.”

amināḥ <

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“transgress; damage.”

prota < pra

[adverb]

“towards; ahead.”

prota < uta

[adverb]

“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”

māyāḥ < māyā

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“magic trick; Māyā; deception; illusion; māyā [word]; disguise; trick.”

āt

[adverb]

“then.”

sūryaṃ < sūryam < sūrya

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”

janayan < janay < √jan

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“cause; give birth; produce; beget; generate; originate; create; create; make.”

dyām < div

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”

uṣāsaṃ < uṣāsam < uṣas

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“Ushas; dawn; uṣas [word]; morning.”

tādītnā

[adverb]

śatruṃ < śatrum < śatru

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“enemy; foe; enemy; Asura.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

kilā < kila

[adverb]

“assuredly; indeed; kila [indecl.].”

vivitse < vid

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“find; detect; marry; get; think.”

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