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 1.32.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अह॑न्वृ॒त्रं वृ॑त्र॒तरं॒ व्यं॑स॒मिन्द्रो॒ वज्रे॑ण मह॒ता व॒धेन॑ । स्कन्धां॑सीव॒ कुलि॑शेना॒ विवृ॒क्णाहि॑: शयत उप॒पृक्पृ॑थि॒व्याः ॥
अहन्वृत्रं वृत्रतरं व्यंसमिन्द्रो वज्रेण महता वधेन । स्कन्धांसीव कुलिशेना विवृक्णाहिः शयत उपपृक्पृथिव्याः ॥
ahan vṛtraṃ vṛtrataraṃ vyaṃsam indro vajreṇa mahatā vadhena | skandhāṃsīva kuliśenā vivṛkṇāhiḥ śayata upapṛk pṛthivyāḥ ||
English translation:
“With his vast destroying thunderbolt, Indra struck the darkling mutilated Vṛtra; as the trunks of trees are felled by the axe, so lies Ahi prostrate on the earth.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Ahi and Vṛtra are synonyms of megha, a cloud
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): hiraṇyastūpa āṅgirasaḥ [hiraṇyastūpa āṅgirasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): virāṭtrisṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अह॑न् । वृ॒त्र॑म् । वृ॒त्र॒ऽतर॑म् । विऽअं॑सम् । इन्द्रः॑ । वज्रे॑ण । म॒ह॒ता । व॒धेन॑ । स्कन्धां॑सिऽइव । कुलि॑शेन । विऽवृ॑क्णा । अहिः॑ । श॒य॒ते॒ । उ॒प॒ऽपृक् । पृ॒थि॒व्याः ॥
अहन् । वृत्रम् । वृत्रतरम् । विअंसम् । इन्द्रः । वज्रेण । महता । वधेन । स्कन्धांसिइव । कुलिशेन । विवृक्णा । अहिः । शयते । उपपृक् । पृथिव्याः ॥
ahan | vṛtram | vṛtra-taram | vi-aṃsam | indraḥ | vajreṇa | mahatā | vadhena | skandhāṃsi-iva | kuliśena | vi-vṛkṇā | ahiḥ | śayate | upa-pṛk | pṛthivyāḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.32.5 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
“Vṛtra; vṛtra [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“vajra; Vajra; vajra; vajra; lightning; abhra; vajramūṣā; diamond; vajra [word]; vajrakapāṭa; vajra; vaikrānta.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“large; eminent; great; loud; dangerous; strong; long; high; much(a); mahant [word]; ample; very; great; adult; important; dark; high; abundant; violent; remarkable; mighty; big; long.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“killing; weapon; māraṇa; execution; destruction; vadh-; Vadha; dysfunction; punishment; kick.”
[noun], nominative, plural, neuter
“trunk.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“vajra; Vajra.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“snake; lead; nāga; Nāga; ahi [word]; Vṛtra.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“lie; sleep.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], genitive, singular, feminine
“Earth; pṛthivī; floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī [word]; land.”