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 1.51.9

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अनु॑व्रताय र॒न्धय॒न्नप॑व्रताना॒भूभि॒रिन्द्र॑: श्न॒थय॒न्नना॑भुवः । वृ॒द्धस्य॑ चि॒द्वर्ध॑तो॒ द्यामिन॑क्षत॒: स्तवा॑नो व॒म्रो वि ज॑घान सं॒दिह॑: ॥
अनुव्रताय रन्धयन्नपव्रतानाभूभिरिन्द्रः श्नथयन्ननाभुवः । वृद्धस्य चिद्वर्धतो द्यामिनक्षतः स्तवानो वम्रो वि जघान संदिहः ॥
anuvratāya randhayann apavratān ābhūbhir indraḥ śnathayann anābhuvaḥ | vṛddhasya cid vardhato dyām inakṣataḥ stavāno vamro vi jaghāna saṃdihaḥ ||

English translation:

Indra abides, humbling the neglecters of holy acts in favour of those who observe them; and punishing those who turn away from his worship in favour of those who are present (with their praise); Vamra, while praising him, whether old or adolescent, and spreading through heaven, carried off the accusative ulated (materials of the sacrifice).”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Vamro vijaghāna samdihaḥ = vamra destryed the collections. Vamra, a ṛṣi, when Indra was absent, carried away the accusative ulated heap of offerings, the marrow or essence of the earth, yad valmika-vap_sambhāro bhavati ūrjjam eva pṛthivyāḥ

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अनु॑ऽव्रताय । र॒न्धय॑न् । अप॑ऽव्रतान् । आ॒ऽभूभिः॑ । इन्द्रः॑ । श्न॒थय॑न् । अना॑भुवः । वृ॒द्धस्य॑ । चि॒त् । वर्ध॑तः । द्याम् । इन॑क्षतः । स्तवा॑नः । व॒म्रः । वि । ज॒घा॒न॒ । स॒म्ऽदिहः॑ ॥
अनुव्रताय । रन्धयन् । अपव्रतान् । आभूभिः । इन्द्रः । श्नथयन् । अनाभुवः । वृद्धस्य । चित् । वर्धतः । द्याम् । इनक्षतः । स्तवानः । वम्रः । वि । जघान । सम्दिहः ॥
anu-vratāya | randhayan | apa-vratān | ābhūbhiḥ | indraḥ | śnathayan | anābhuvaḥ | vṛddhasya | cit | vardhataḥ | dyām | inakṣataḥ | stavānaḥ | vamraḥ | vi | jaghāna | sam-dihaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.51.9 English analysis of grammar]

anuvratāya < anuvrata

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“attached; devoted(p); faithful.”

randhayann < randhayan < randhay < √radh

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“subjugate; hand over.”

apavratān < apavrata

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“lawless; faithless.”

ābhūbhir < ābhūbhiḥ < ābhū

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“assistant.”

indraḥ < indra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

śnathayann < śnathayan < śnathay < √śnath

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“kill.”

anābhuvaḥ < an

[adverb]

“not.”

anābhuvaḥ < ābhuvaḥ < ābhū

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“assistant.”

vṛddhasya < vṛdh

[verb noun], genitive, singular

“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”

cid < cit

[adverb]

“even; indeed.”

vardhato < vardhataḥ < vṛdh

[verb noun], genitive, singular

“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”

dyām < div

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

inakṣata < inakṣ < √naś

[verb], singular, Present injunctive

“wish.”

stavāno < stavānaḥ < stu

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“laud; praise; declare; stu.”

vamro < vamraḥ < vamra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“ant.”

vi

[adverb]

“apart; away; away.”

jaghāna < han

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“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.”

saṃdihaḥ < saṃdih

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“rampart.”

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