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 1.37.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ये पृष॑तीभिॠ॒ष्टिभि॑: सा॒कं वाशी॑भिर॒ञ्जिभि॑: । अजा॑यन्त॒ स्वभा॑नवः ॥
ये पृषतीभिॠष्टिभिः साकं वाशीभिरञ्जिभिः । अजायन्त स्वभानवः ॥
ye pṛṣatībhir ṛṣṭibhiḥ sākaṃ vāśībhir añjibhiḥ | ajāyanta svabhānavaḥ ||

English translation:

“Who, borne by spotted deer, were born self-radiant, with weapons, war-cries and decorations.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Vāśībhiḥ = with sounds or speeches; i.e. with cries terrifying the enemy's army;

Vaśi = vāc, speech, voice

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kaṇvo ghauraḥ [kaṇva ghaura];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): marūtaḥ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ये । पृष॑तीभिः । ऋ॒ष्टिऽभिः॑ । सा॒कम् । वाशी॑भिः । अ॒ञ्जिऽभिः॑ । अजा॑यन्त । स्वऽभा॑नवः ॥
ये । पृषतीभिः । ऋष्टिभिः । साकम् । वाशीभिः । अञ्जिभिः । अजायन्त । स्वभानवः ॥
ye | pṛṣatībhiḥ | ṛṣṭi-bhiḥ | sākam | vāśībhiḥ | añji-bhiḥ | ajāyanta | sva-bhānavaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.37.2 English analysis of grammar]

ye < yad

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

pṛṣatībhir < pṛṣatībhiḥ < pṛṣatī

[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine

ṛṣṭibhiḥ < ṛṣṭi

[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine

“spear.”

sākaṃ < sākam

[adverb]

“together; jointly; simultaneously.”

vāśībhir < vāśībhiḥ < vāśī

[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine

“ax; chisel.”

añjibhiḥ < añji

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“color; ointment; adornment.”

ajāyanta < jan

[verb], plural, Imperfect

“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”

svabhānavaḥ < sva

[noun]

“own(a); respective(a); akin(p); sva [word]; individual; present(a); independent.”

svabhānavaḥ < bhānavaḥ < bhānu

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“sun; Surya; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sunbeam; beam; luminosity; copper; light; twelve; appearance; Bhānu; flare.”

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