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 1.57.5

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

भूरि॑ त इन्द्र वी॒र्यं१॒॑ तव॑ स्मस्य॒स्य स्तो॒तुर्म॑घव॒न्काम॒मा पृ॑ण । अनु॑ ते॒ द्यौर्बृ॑ह॒ती वी॒र्यं॑ मम इ॒यं च॑ ते पृथि॒वी ने॑म॒ ओज॑से ॥
भूरि त इन्द्र वीर्यं तव स्मस्यस्य स्तोतुर्मघवन्काममा पृण । अनु ते द्यौर्बृहती वीर्यं मम इयं च ते पृथिवी नेम ओजसे ॥
bhūri ta indra vīryaṃ tava smasy asya stotur maghavan kāmam ā pṛṇa | anu te dyaur bṛhatī vīryam mama iyaṃ ca te pṛthivī nema ojase ||

English translation:

“Great is your prowess, Indra; we are yours; satisfy Maghavan, the desires of this your worshipper, the vast heaven has acknowledged your might; this earth has been bowed down through your vigour.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): savya āṅgirasaḥ [savya āṅgirasa];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): bhuriktriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

भूरि॑ । ते॒ । इ॒न्द्र॒ । वी॒र्य॑म् । तव॑ । स्म॒सि॒ । अ॒स्य । स्तो॒तुः । म॒घऽव॒न् । काम॑म् । आ । पृ॒ण॒ । अनु॑ । ते॒ । द्यौः । बृ॒ह॒ती । वी॒र्य॑म् । म॒मे॒ । इ॒यम् । च॒ । ते॒ । पृ॒थि॒वी । ने॒मे॒ । ओज॑से ॥
भूरि । ते । इन्द्र । वीर्यम् । तव । स्मसि । अस्य । स्तोतुः । मघवन् । कामम् । आ । पृण । अनु । ते । द्यौः । बृहती । वीर्यम् । ममे । इयम् । च । ते । पृथिवी । नेमे । ओजसे ॥
bhūri | te | indra | vīryam | tava | smasi | asya | stotuḥ | magha-van | kāmam | ā | pṛṇa | anu | te | dyauḥ | bṛhatī | vīryam | mame | iyam | ca | te | pṛthivī | neme | ojase

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.57.5 English analysis of grammar]

bhūri

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“much; many; much(a); abundant; rich; mighty; distinguished.”

ta < te < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”

vīryaṃ < vīryam < vīrya

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“potency; vīrya; heroism; potency; strength; semen; power; deed; active agent; efficacy; vīryapāramitā; gold; vigor; vīrya [word]; virility; manfulness; jewel; force.”

tava < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

smasy < smasi < as

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”

asya < idam

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

stotur < stotuḥ < stotṛ

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“laudatory; worshiping.”

maghavan

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Indra; maghavan [word].”

kāmam < kāma

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“wish; desire; sexual love; sexual desire; desire; Kama; sensuality; love; purpose; sexual arousal; pleasure; enjoyment; licentiousness; kāma [word]; sexual intercourse; thorn apple; wish.”

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

pṛṇa < pṛṇ

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“satisfy.”

anu

[adverb]

“subsequently; behind; along; towards; because.”

te < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

dyaur < dyauḥ < div

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”

bṛhatī < bṛhat

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“large; great; loud; high; much(a); exalted; abundant; intensive; strong; huge.”

vīryam < vīrya

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“potency; vīrya; heroism; potency; strength; semen; power; deed; active agent; efficacy; vīryapāramitā; gold; vigor; vīrya [word]; virility; manfulness; jewel; force.”

mama < mame <

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“weigh; measure; total; last; weigh; measure; give away; transform.”

iyaṃ < iyam < idam

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

te < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

pṛthivī

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“Earth; pṛthivī; floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī [word]; land.”

nema < neme < nam

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“bow; bend; condescend; worship; bend; lower.”

ojase < ojas

[noun], dative, singular, neuter

“strength; power; ojas; ojas [word]; potency; might.”

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