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 1.52.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स हि द्व॒रो द्व॒रिषु॑ व॒व्र ऊध॑नि च॒न्द्रबु॑ध्नो॒ मद॑वृद्धो मनी॒षिभि॑: । इन्द्रं॒ तम॑ह्वे स्वप॒स्यया॑ धि॒या मंहि॑ष्ठरातिं॒ स हि पप्रि॒रन्ध॑सः ॥
स हि द्वरो द्वरिषु वव्र ऊधनि चन्द्रबुध्नो मदवृद्धो मनीषिभिः । इन्द्रं तमह्वे स्वपस्यया धिया मंहिष्ठरातिं स हि पप्रिरन्धसः ॥
sa hi dvaro dvariṣu vavra ūdhani candrabudhno madavṛddho manīṣibhiḥ | indraṃ tam ahve svapasyayā dhiyā maṃhiṣṭharātiṃ sa hi paprir andhasaḥ ||
English translation:
“He who is victorious over his enemies, who is spread through the dewy (firmament), the root of happiness, who is exhilarated by the Soma him I invoke, the most bountiful Indra, along with learned priests, with a mind disposed to pious adoration, for he is the bestower of abundant food.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): savya āṅgirasaḥ [savya āṅgirasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛjjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सः । हि । द्व॒रः । द्व॒रिषु॑ । व॒व्रः । ऊध॑नि । च॒न्द्रऽबु॑ध्नः । मद॑ऽवृद्धः । म॒नी॒षिऽभिः॑ । इन्द्र॑म् । तम् । अ॒ह्वे॒ । सु॒ऽअ॒प॒स्यया॑ । धि॒या । मंहि॑ष्ठऽरातिम् । सः । हि । पप्रिः॑ । अन्ध॑सः ॥
सः । हि । द्वरः । द्वरिषु । वव्रः । ऊधनि । चन्द्रबुध्नः । मदवृद्धः । मनीषिभिः । इन्द्रम् । तम् । अह्वे । सुअपस्यया । धिया । मंहिष्ठरातिम् । सः । हि । पप्रिः । अन्धसः ॥
saḥ | hi | dvaraḥ | dvariṣu | vavraḥ | ūdhani | candra-budhnaḥ | mada-vṛddhaḥ | manīṣi-bhiḥ | indram | tam | ahve | su-apasyayā | dhiyā | maṃhiṣṭha-rātim | saḥ | hi | papriḥ | andhasaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.52.3 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[adverb]
“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“udder; ūdhas [word]; night.”
[noun]
“aglitter(p); shining.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“bottom; bottom; base.”
[noun], masculine
“drunkenness; mada; estrus; excitement; sexual arousal; alcohol; musth; mad; mada; ecstasy; pride; drink; joy; arrogance; vivification.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[verb], singular, Thematic aorist (Ind.)
“raise; call on; call; summon.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“intelligence; prayer; mind; insight; idea; hymn; purpose; art; knowledge.”
[noun]
“big.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“gift; bounty; favor.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[adverb]
“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“Soma; drink; amṛta.”