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 1.32.9
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
नी॒चाव॑या अभवद्वृ॒त्रपु॒त्रेन्द्रो॑ अस्या॒ अव॒ वध॑र्जभार । उत्त॑रा॒ सूरध॑रः पु॒त्र आ॑सी॒द्दानु॑: शये स॒हव॑त्सा॒ न धे॒नुः ॥
नीचावया अभवद्वृत्रपुत्रेन्द्रो अस्या अव वधर्जभार । उत्तरा सूरधरः पुत्र आसीद्दानुः शये सहवत्सा न धेनुः ॥
nīcāvayā abhavad vṛtraputrendro asyā ava vadhar jabhāra | uttarā sūr adharaḥ putra āsīd dānuḥ śaye sahavatsā na dhenuḥ ||
English translation:
“The mother of Vṛtra was bending over her son, when Indra struck her nether part with his shaft; so the mother was above and the son underneath, and Dānu slept (with her son), like a cow with its calf.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Dānu derived from do, to cut or destroy or from Dānu wife of Kāśyapa and mother of the Dānavas or Titans
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): hiraṇyastūpa āṅgirasaḥ [hiraṇyastūpa āṅgirasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
नी॒चाऽव॑याः । अ॒भ॒व॒त् । वृ॒त्रऽपु॑त्रा । इन्द्रः॑ । अ॒स्याः॒ । अव॑ । वधः॑ । ज॒भा॒र॒ । उत्ऽत॑रा । सूः । अध॑रः । पु॒त्रः । आ॒सी॒त् । दानुः॑ । श॒ये॒ । स॒हऽव॑त्सा । न । धे॒नुः ॥
नीचावयाः । अभवत् । वृत्रपुत्रा । इन्द्रः । अस्याः । अव । वधः । जभार । उत्तरा । सूः । अधरः । पुत्रः । आसीत् । दानुः । शये । सहवत्सा । न । धेनुः ॥
nīcāvayāḥ | abhavat | vṛtra-putrā | indraḥ | asyāḥ | ava | vadhaḥ | jabhāra | ut-tarā | sūḥ | adharaḥ | putraḥ | āsīt | dānuḥ | śaye | saha-vatsā | na | dhenuḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.32.9 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”
[noun], masculine
“Vṛtra; vṛtra [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“son; putra [word]; male child; Putra; Bodhisattva.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], genitive, singular, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[adverb]
“down.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“weapon.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“bring; hold; fill; support; wear; possess; carry; nourish; keep; hire; have; satiate; follow; bear.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“northern; following; upper; additional; better; more(a); last; concluding; superior; later(a); uttara [word]; prevailing; future; left; northerly; northerly; higher; second; dominant; excellent; chief(a).”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“sū; mother.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“lower; adhara [word]; worse.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“son; putra [word]; male child; Putra; Bodhisattva.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“Dānu; dew; drop.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“lie; sleep.”
[adverb]
“together; together; with; jointly; together; saha [word]; along.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“calf; child; Vatsa; vatsa [word]; juvenile; Vatsa; Vatsa; Vatsa; son; male child.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“cow; dhenu [word]; milk.”