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 1.32.10
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अति॑ष्ठन्तीनामनिवेश॒नानां॒ काष्ठा॑नां॒ मध्ये॒ निहि॑तं॒ शरी॑रम् । वृ॒त्रस्य॑ नि॒ण्यं वि च॑र॒न्त्यापो॑ दी॒र्घं तम॒ आश॑य॒दिन्द्र॑शत्रुः ॥
अतिष्ठन्तीनामनिवेशनानां काष्ठानां मध्ये निहितं शरीरम् । वृत्रस्य निण्यं वि चरन्त्यापो दीर्घं तम आशयदिन्द्रशत्रुः ॥
atiṣṭhantīnām aniveśanānāṃ kāṣṭhānām madhye nihitaṃ śarīram | vṛtrasya niṇyaṃ vi caranty āpo dīrghaṃ tama āśayad indraśatruḥ ||
English translation:
“The waters carry off the nameless body of Vṛtra, tossed into the midst of the never- stopping, never-resting currents. The foe of Indra has slept a long darkness.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): hiraṇyastūpa āṅgirasaḥ [hiraṇyastūpa āṅgirasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अति॑ष्ठन्तीनाम् । अ॒नि॒ऽवे॒श॒नाना॑म् । काष्ठा॑नाम् । मध्ये॑ । निऽहि॑तम् । शरी॑रम् । वृ॒त्रस्य॑ । नि॒ण्यम् । वि । च॒र॒न्ति॒ । आपः॑ । दी॒र्घम् । तमः॑ । आ । अ॒श॒य॒त् । इन्द्र॑ऽशत्रुः ॥
अतिष्ठन्तीनाम् । अनिवेशनानाम् । काष्ठानाम् । मध्ये । निहितम् । शरीरम् । वृत्रस्य । निण्यम् । वि । चरन्ति । आपः । दीर्घम् । तमः । आ । अशयत् । इन्द्रशत्रुः ॥
atiṣṭhantīnām | ani-veśanānān | kāṣṭhānām | madhye | ni-hitam | śarīram | vṛtrasya | niṇyam | vi | caranti | āpaḥ | dīrgham | tamaḥ | ā | aśayat | indra-śatruḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.32.10 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“not; akāra; a [taddhita]; a [word]; a; a.”
[verb noun], genitive, plural
“stay; stand; situate; exist; [in]; resist; endure; put; soak; be; stop; adhere; get stale; concentrate; grow; trust; wake; consociate; last; dwell; lie; stand; stop.”
[adverb]
“not; akāra; a [taddhita]; a [word]; a; a.”
[noun], genitive, plural, feminine
“mansion; house; camp; city planning.”
[noun], genitive, plural, feminine
“kāṣṭhā; quarter; body of water.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“midst; center; cavity; inside; middle; center; waist; group; pulp; torso; time interval; area; series; madhya [word]; Madhya; noon; middle; middle age; span; belly.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“put; fill into; stow; insert; ignite; insert; add; put on; establish; keep down.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“body; human body; body part; body; body; strength.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Vṛtra; vṛtra [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“secret; mystery.”
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“car; wander; perform; travel; bore; produce; make; dwell; dig; act; observe; enter (a state); observe; cause; crop; behave; practice; heed; process; administer.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“long; long; long; large; far; deep; dīrgha [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“dark; darkness; Tamas; tamas [word]; faint; tamas; gloom; ignorance.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“lie; stay.”
[noun], masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“enemy; foe; enemy; Asura.”