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 1.70.11

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सा॒धुर्न गृ॒ध्नुरस्ते॑व॒ शूरो॒ याते॑व भी॒मस्त्वे॒षः स॒मत्सु॑ ॥
साधुर्न गृध्नुरस्तेव शूरो यातेव भीमस्त्वेषः समत्सु ॥
sādhur na gṛdhnur asteva śūro yāteva bhīmas tveṣaḥ samatsu ||

English translation:

“(May Agni), who is like one who succeeds (in his undertakings), and acquires (what he wishes for), who is like a warrior casting a dart, and resembles a fearful adversary, who is brilliant in combats, (be to us a friend).”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): parāśaraḥ śāktaḥ [parāśara śākta];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): Dvipadaa viraat;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सा॒धुः । न । गृ॒ध्नुः । अस्ता॑ऽइव । शूरः॑ । याता॑ऽइव । भी॒मः । त्वे॒षः । स॒मत्ऽसु॑ ॥
साधुः । न । गृध्नुः । अस्ताइव । शूरः । याताइव । भीमः । त्वेषः । समत्सु ॥
sādhuḥ | na | gṛdhnuḥ | astāiva | śūraḥ | yātāiva | bhīmaḥ | tveṣaḥ | samat-su

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.70.11 English analysis of grammar]

sādhur < sādhuḥ < sādhu

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“good; good; correct; correct; sādhu [word]; excellent; efficient.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

gṛdhnur < gṛdhnuḥ < gṛdhnu

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

asteva < astā < astṛ

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“archer; shot.”

asteva < iva

[adverb]

“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”

śūro < śūraḥ < śūra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“brave; powerful.”

yāteva < yātā < yātṛ

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

yāteva < iva

[adverb]

“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”

bhīmas < bhīmaḥ < bhīma

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“awful; amazing; terrific; enormous; bhīma [word]; fearful.”

tveṣaḥ < tveṣa

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“awful; brilliant; aglitter(p); bright.”

samatsu < samad

[noun], locative, plural, masculine

“conflict; strife.”

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