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 1.52.15
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
आर्च॒न्नत्र॑ म॒रुत॒: सस्मि॑न्ना॒जौ विश्वे॑ दे॒वासो॑ अमद॒न्ननु॑ त्वा । वृ॒त्रस्य॒ यद्भृ॑ष्टि॒मता॑ व॒धेन॒ नि त्वमि॑न्द्र॒ प्रत्या॒नं ज॒घन्थ॑ ॥
आर्चन्नत्र मरुतः सस्मिन्नाजौ विश्वे देवासो अमदन्ननु त्वा । वृत्रस्य यद्भृष्टिमता वधेन नि त्वमिन्द्र प्रत्यानं जघन्थ ॥
ārcann atra marutaḥ sasminn ājau viśve devāso amadann anu tvā | vṛtrasya yad bhṛṣṭimatā vadhena ni tvam indra praty ānaṃ jaghantha ||
English translation:
“The Maruts worshipped you in this (encounter); all the gods in this engagement imitated you in exultation, when you had struck the face of Vṛtra with your angular and fatal (bolt).”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Bhṛṣṭimatā vadhena, with the weapon that has angles; Aitareya Brāhmaṇa: vajra, the thunderbolt of Indra has eight angles or blades, aṣṭaṣṛr vai vajraḥ
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): savya āṅgirasaḥ [savya āṅgirasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
आर्च॑न् । अत्र॑ । म॒रुतः॑ । सस्मि॑न् । आ॒जौ । विश्वे॑ । दे॒वासः॑ । अ॒म॒द॒न् । अनु॑ । त्वा॒ । वृ॒त्रस्य॑ । यत् । भृ॒ष्टि॒ऽमता॑ । व॒धेन॑ । नि । त्वम् । इ॒न्द्र॒ । प्रति॑ । आ॒नम् । ज॒घन्थ॑ ॥
आर्चन् । अत्र । मरुतः । सस्मिन् । आजौ । विश्वे । देवासः । अमदन् । अनु । त्वा । वृत्रस्य । यत् । भृष्टिमता । वधेन । नि । त्वम् । इन्द्र । प्रति । आनम् । जघन्थ ॥
ārcan | atra | marutaḥ | sasmin | ājau | viśve | devāsaḥ | amadan | anu | tvā | vṛtrasya | yat | bhṛṣṭi-matā | vadhena | ni | tvam | indra | prati | ānam | jaghantha
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.52.15 English analysis of grammar]
[verb], plural, Imperfect
“sing; worship; honor; praise; welcome.”
[adverb]
“now; there; then; then; there; here; here; in the following; alternatively; now.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“battle; fight; contest; āji [word]; combat.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[verb], plural, Imperfect
“rut; intoxicate; delight; revel; rejoice; drink; ramp; exult.”
[adverb]
“subsequently; behind; along; towards; because.”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Vṛtra; vṛtra [word].”
[adverb]
“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“killing; weapon; māraṇa; execution; destruction; vadh-; Vadha; dysfunction; punishment; kick.”
[adverb]
“back; down.”
[noun], nominative, singular
“you.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[adverb]
“towards; per; regarding; respectively; according to; until.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“face.”
[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.”