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 1.57.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वं तमि॑न्द्र॒ पर्व॑तं म॒हामु॒रुं वज्रे॑ण वज्रिन्पर्व॒शश्च॑कर्तिथ । अवा॑सृजो॒ निवृ॑ता॒: सर्त॒वा अ॒पः स॒त्रा विश्वं॑ दधिषे॒ केव॑लं॒ सह॑: ॥
त्वं तमिन्द्र पर्वतं महामुरुं वज्रेण वज्रिन्पर्वशश्चकर्तिथ । अवासृजो निवृताः सर्तवा अपः सत्रा विश्वं दधिषे केवलं सहः ॥
tvaṃ tam indra parvatam mahām uruṃ vajreṇa vajrin parvaśaś cakartitha | avāsṛjo nivṛtāḥ sartavā apaḥ satrā viśvaṃ dadhiṣe kevalaṃ sahaḥ ||
English translation:
“You, thunderer, have shattered with your bolt the broad and massive cloud into fragments, and have sent down the waters that were confined in it, to flow (at will); verily you alone possess all power.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): savya āṅgirasaḥ [savya āṅgirasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛjjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वम् । तम् । इ॒न्द्र॒ । पर्व॑तम् । म॒हाम् । उ॒रुम् । वज्रे॑ण । व॒ज्रि॒न् । प॒र्व॒ऽशः । च॒क॒र्ति॒थ॒ । अव॑ । अ॒सृ॒जः॒ । निऽवृ॑ताः । सर्त॒वै । अ॒पः । स॒त्रा । विश्व॑म् । द॒धि॒षे॒ । केव॑लम् । सहः॑ ॥
त्वम् । तम् । इन्द्र । पर्वतम् । महाम् । उरुम् । वज्रेण । वज्रिन् । पर्वशः । चकर्तिथ । अव । असृजः । निवृताः । सर्तवै । अपः । सत्रा । विश्वम् । दधिषे । केवलम् । सहः ॥
tvam | tam | indra | parvatam | mahām | urum | vajreṇa | vajrin | parva-śaḥ | cakartitha | ava | asṛjaḥ | ni-vṛtāḥ | sartavai | apaḥ | satrā | viśvam | dadhiṣe | kevalam | sahaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.57.6 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular
“you.”
[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.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“mountain; Parvata; parvata [word]; Parvata; Parvata; rock; height.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“large; eminent; great; loud; dangerous; strong; long; high; much(a); mahant [word]; ample; very; great; adult; important; dark; high; abundant; violent; remarkable; mighty; big; long.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“wide; broad; great; uru [word]; much(a); excellent.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“vajra; Vajra; vajra; vajra; lightning; abhra; vajramūṣā; diamond; vajra [word]; vajrakapāṭa; vajra; vaikrānta.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; vajra; Euphorbia neriifolia L.; abhra; Buddha.”
[adverb]
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“cut; cut; cut off; fell; cut.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“free; shoot; ejaculate.”
[verb noun], accusative, plural
“restrain.”
[verb noun]
“sṛ; liquefy; run; spread; stretch out.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”
[adverb]
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“pure; alone(p); whole; all(a); pure; entire; kevala [word]; alone(p); single(a); white; absolute.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“force; strength; might; sahas [word]; conquest.”