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 1.55.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स इन्म॒हानि॑ समि॒थानि॑ म॒ज्मना॑ कृ॒णोति॑ यु॒ध्म ओज॑सा॒ जने॑भ्यः । अधा॑ च॒न श्रद्द॑धति॒ त्विषी॑मत॒ इन्द्रा॑य॒ वज्रं॑ नि॒घनि॑घ्नते व॒धम् ॥
स इन्महानि समिथानि मज्मना कृणोति युध्म ओजसा जनेभ्यः । अधा चन श्रद्दधति त्विषीमत इन्द्राय वज्रं निघनिघ्नते वधम् ॥
sa in mahāni samithāni majmanā kṛṇoti yudhma ojasā janebhyaḥ | adhā cana śrad dadhati tviṣīmata indrāya vajraṃ nighanighnate vadham ||
English translation:
“Indra the warrior, engages in many great conflicts for (the good of) man, with overwhelming prowess; when he hurls his fatal shaft, every one immediately has faith in the resplendent Indra.”
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 । इत् । म॒हानि॑ । स॒म्ऽइ॒थानि॑ । म॒ज्मना॑ । कृ॒णोति॑ । यु॒ध्मः । ओज॑सा । जने॑भ्यः । अध॑ । च॒न । श्रत् । द॒ध॒ति॒ । त्विषि॑ऽमते । इन्द्रा॑य । वज्र॑म् । नि॒ऽघनि॑घ्नते । व॒धम् ॥
सः । इत् । महानि । सम्इथानि । मज्मना । कृणोति । युध्मः । ओजसा । जनेभ्यः । अध । चन । श्रत् । दधति । त्विषिमते । इन्द्राय । वज्रम् । निघनिघ्नते । वधम् ॥
saḥ | it | mahāni | sam-ithāni | majmanā | kṛṇoti | yudhmaḥ | ojasā | janebhyaḥ | adha | cana | śrat | dadhati | tviṣi-mate | indrāya | vajram | ni-ghanighnate | vadham
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.55.5 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]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“great; abundant.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“battle; conflict.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“size.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“warrior.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“strength; power; ojas; ojas [word]; potency; might.”
[noun], dative, plural, masculine
“people; national; man; relative; jan; Janaloka; person; jana [word]; man; attendant; Jana; foreigner; inhabitant; group.”
[adverb]
“then; and; therefore; now.”
[adverb]
“not even; cana [word].”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“believe; assent; trust.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“glistening; beautiful.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“vajra; Vajra; vajra; vajra; lightning; abhra; vajramūṣā; diamond; vajra [word]; vajrakapāṭa; vajra; vaikrānta.”
[verb noun], dative, singular
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“killing; weapon; māraṇa; execution; destruction; vadh-; Vadha; dysfunction; punishment; kick.”