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 1.52.8
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ज॒घ॒न्वाँ उ॒ हरि॑भिः सम्भृतक्रत॒विन्द्र॑ वृ॒त्रं मनु॑षे गातु॒यन्न॒पः । अय॑च्छथा बा॒ह्वोर्वज्र॑माय॒समधा॑रयो दि॒व्या सूर्यं॑ दृ॒शे ॥
जघन्वाँ उ हरिभिः सम्भृतक्रतविन्द्र वृत्रं मनुषे गातुयन्नपः । अयच्छथा बाह्वोर्वज्रमायसमधारयो दिव्या सूर्यं दृशे ॥
jaghanvām̐ u haribhiḥ sambhṛtakratav indra vṛtram manuṣe gātuyann apaḥ | ayacchathā bāhvor vajram āyasam adhārayo divy ā sūryaṃ dṛśe ||
English translation:
“Indra, performer of holy acts, desirous of going to man, you with your steeds have slain Vṛtra (have set free) the waters, have taken in your hands your thunderbolt of metal, and have made the sun visible in the sky.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): savya āṅgirasaḥ [savya āṅgirasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): bhuriktriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ज॒घ॒न्वान् । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । हरि॑ऽभिः । स॒म्भृ॒त॒क्र॒तो॒ इति॑ सम्भृतऽक्रतो । इन्द्र॑ । वृ॒त्रम् । मनु॑षे । गा॒तु॒ऽयन् । अ॒पः । अय॑च्छथाः । बा॒ह्वोः । वज्र॑म् । आ॒य॒सम् । अधा॑रयः । दि॒वि । आ । सूर्य॑म् । दृ॒शे ॥
जघन्वान् । ऊँ इति । हरिभिः । सम्भृतक्रतो इति सम्भृतक्रतो । इन्द्र । वृत्रम् । मनुषे । गातुयन् । अपः । अयच्छथाः । बाह्वोः । वज्रम् । आयसम् । अधारयः । दिवि । आ । सूर्यम् । दृशे ॥
jaghanvān | oṃ iti | hari-bhiḥ | sambhṛtakrato itisambhṛta-krato | indra | vṛtram | manuṣe | gātu-yan | apaḥ | ayacchathāḥ | bāhvoḥ | vajram | āyasam | adhārayaḥ | divi | ā | sūryam | dṛśe
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.52.8 English analysis of grammar]
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“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.”
[adverb]
“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“Vishnu; monkey; Krishna; horse; lion; Indra; Hari; Surya; Hari; haritāla; Hari; snake; frog.”
[noun]
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“yajña; decision; plan; deliberation; intelligence; Kratu; will; kratu [word]; desire; resoluteness; ritual.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Vṛtra; vṛtra [word].”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“Manu; man.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“concentrate; grant; restrain; cause; control; offer; cover; raise.”
[noun], locative, dual, masculine
“arm; bāhu [word]; elbow; forefoot.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“vajra; Vajra; vajra; vajra; lightning; abhra; vajramūṣā; diamond; vajra [word]; vajrakapāṭa; vajra; vaikrānta.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“iron; metallic.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“keep; sustain; put; hold; wear; hold; carry; keep alive; suppress; preserve; remember; stow; stop; have; fill into; endure; support; understand; fixate; govern; restrain.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”
[verb noun]
“see; observe; view; visit; look; learn; meet; read; teach; examine; watch; see; notice; perceive; diagnose; travel to; show; detect; know; know; understand; understand; follow.”