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 1.61.10

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒स्येदे॒व शव॑सा शु॒षन्तं॒ वि वृ॑श्च॒द्वज्रे॑ण वृ॒त्रमिन्द्र॑: । गा न व्रा॒णा अ॒वनी॑रमुञ्चद॒भि श्रवो॑ दा॒वने॒ सचे॑ताः ॥
अस्येदेव शवसा शुषन्तं वि वृश्चद्वज्रेण वृत्रमिन्द्रः । गा न व्राणा अवनीरमुञ्चदभि श्रवो दावने सचेताः ॥
asyed eva śavasā śuṣantaṃ vi vṛścad vajreṇa vṛtram indraḥ | gā na vrāṇā avanīr amuñcad abhi śravo dāvane sacetāḥ ||

English translation:

Indra, by his vigour, cut to pieces with his thunderbolt Vṛtra, the absorber (of moisture), and set free the preserving waters, like cows (recovered from thieves); and, consentient (to the wishes)of the giver of the oblation, (grants him) food.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): nodhā gautamaḥ [nodhas gautama];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): paṅktiḥ ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒स्य । इत् । ए॒व । शव॑सा । शु॒षन्तम् । वि । वृ॒श्च॒त् । वज्रे॑ण । वृ॒त्रम् । इन्द्रः॑ । गाः । न । व्रा॒णाः । अ॒वनीः॑ । अ॒मु॒ञ्च॒त् । अ॒भि । श्रवः॑ । दा॒वने॑ । सऽचे॑ताः ॥
अस्य । इत् । एव । शवसा । शुषन्तम् । वि । वृश्चत् । वज्रेण । वृत्रम् । इन्द्रः । गाः । न । व्राणाः । अवनीः । अमुञ्चत् । अभि । श्रवः । दावने । सचेताः ॥
asya | it | eva | śavasā | śuṣantam | vi | vṛścat | vajreṇa | vṛtram | indraḥ | gāḥ | na | vrāṇāḥ | avanīḥ | amuñcat | abhi | śravaḥ | dāvane | sa-cetāḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.61.10 English analysis of grammar]

asyed < asya < idam

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

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

asyed < id

[adverb]

“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”

eva

[adverb]

“indeed; merely; thus; even; surely; same; eva [word]; successively; immediately; in truth.”

śavasā < śavas

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“strength; power; superiority.”

śuṣantaṃ < śuṣantam < śuṣ

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“dry; shrivel; dry; languish.”

vi

[adverb]

“apart; away; away.”

vṛścad < vṛścat < vraśc

[verb], singular, Present injunctive

“cleave; fell; cut off; hew.”

vajreṇa < vajra

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“vajra; Vajra; vajra; vajra; lightning; abhra; vajramūṣā; diamond; vajra [word]; vajrakapāṭa; vajra; vaikrānta.”

vṛtram < vṛtra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Vṛtra; vṛtra [word].”

indraḥ < indra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

< gāḥ < go

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

vrāṇā < vrāṇāḥ < vṛ

[verb noun], accusative, plural

“surround; accompany; cover; cover; obstruct; check; spread; envelop.”

avanīr < avanīḥ < avani

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“river; earth; floor; path; bed; course.”

amuñcad < amuñcat < muc

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“liberate; emit; get rid of; shoot; release; put; tousle; secrete; fill into; shoot; spill; lose; ejaculate; exclude; free; remove; loosen; let go of; add; shed; want; save; defecate; heal; fart; open; abandon; discard; precipitate; reject; lay; unleash; exhale; discharge.”

abhi

[adverb]

“towards; on.”

śravo < śravaḥ < śravas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“fame; glory; ear.”

dāvane <

[verb noun]

“give; add; perform; put; administer; fill into; give; ignite; put on; offer; use; fuel; pour; grant; feed; teach; construct; insert; drip; wrap; pay; hand over; lend; inflict; concentrate; sacrifice; splint; poultice; create.”

sacetāḥ < sacetas

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“consentaneous.”

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