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 1.51.11
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
मन्दि॑ष्ट॒ यदु॒शने॑ का॒व्ये सचाँ॒ इन्द्रो॑ व॒ङ्कू व॑ङ्कु॒तराधि॑ तिष्ठति । उ॒ग्रो य॒यिं निर॒पः स्रोत॑सासृज॒द्वि शुष्ण॑स्य दृंहि॒ता ऐ॑रय॒त्पुर॑: ॥
मन्दिष्ट यदुशने काव्ये सचाँ इन्द्रो वङ्कू वङ्कुतराधि तिष्ठति । उग्रो ययिं निरपः स्रोतसासृजद्वि शुष्णस्य दृंहिता ऐरयत्पुरः ॥
mandiṣṭa yad uśane kāvye sacām̐ indro vaṅkū vaṅkutarādhi tiṣṭhati | ugro yayiṃ nir apaḥ srotasāsṛjad vi śuṣṇasya dṛṃhitā airayat puraḥ ||
English translation:
“When Indra is delighted with acceptable hymns, he ascends (his car), drawn by more and more obliquely-curving coursers; fierce, he extracts the waters from the passing (cloud) in a torrent, and has overwhelmed the extensive cities of Śuṣṇa.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): savya āṅgirasaḥ [savya āṅgirasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛjjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
मन्दि॑ष्ट॑ । यत् । उ॒शने॑ । का॒व्ये । सचा॑ । इन्द्रः॑ । व॒ङ्कू इति॑ । व॒ङ्कु॒ऽतरा । अधि॑ । ति॒ष्ठ॒ति॒ । उ॒ग्रः । य॒यिम् । निः । अ॒पः । स्रोत॑सा । अ॒सृ॒ज॒त् । वि । शुष्ण॑स्य । दृं॒हि॒ताः । ऐ॒र॒य॒त् । पुरः॑ ॥
मन्दिष्ट । यत् । उशने । काव्ये । सचा । इन्द्रः । वङ्कू इति । वङ्कुतरा । अधि । तिष्ठति । उग्रः । ययिम् । निः । अपः । स्रोतसा । असृजत् । वि । शुष्णस्य । दृंहिताः । ऐरयत् । पुरः ॥
mandiṣṭa | yat | uśane | kāvye | sacā | indraḥ | vaṅkūiti | vaṅku-tarā | adhi | tiṣṭhat i | ugraḥ | yayim | niḥ | apaḥ | srotasā | asṛjat | vi | śuṣṇasya | dṛṃhitāḥ | airayat | puraḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.51.11 English analysis of grammar]
[verb], singular, Athematic is aor. (Ind.)
“rejoice; exhilarate.”
[adverb]
“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“Uśanas; Uśanas; uśanas [word]; Uśanas; Venus.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“Uśanas; poem; Kāvya; wisdom.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
[adverb]
“on; from; accordingly.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“stay; stand; situate; exist; [in]; resist; endure; put; soak; be; stop; adhere; get stale; concentrate; grow; trust; wake; consociate; last; dwell; lie; stand; stop.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“powerful; awful; dangerous; intense; mighty; potent; colicky; atrocious.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[adverb]
“niḥ; away; out; without.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“srotas; vessel; current; torrent; srotas [word]; flow; cavity; orifice; passage; tube.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“create; shoot; discharge; free; cause; throw; emit; send; produce; use; be born; make.”
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Śuṣṇa.”
[verb noun], accusative, plural
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“name; describe; propel; shoot; state; call; raise; expel; tell; enumerate.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“fortress; pur [word]; town; purā [indecl.]; mahant.”