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 1.80.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
निरि॑न्द्र॒ भूम्या॒ अधि॑ वृ॒त्रं ज॑घन्थ॒ निर्दि॒वः । सृ॒जा म॒रुत्व॑ती॒रव॑ जी॒वध॑न्या इ॒मा अ॒पोऽर्च॒न्ननु॑ स्व॒राज्य॑म् ॥
निरिन्द्र भूम्या अधि वृत्रं जघन्थ निर्दिवः । सृजा मरुत्वतीरव जीवधन्या इमा अपोऽर्चन्ननु स्वराज्यम् ॥
nir indra bhūmyā adhi vṛtraṃ jaghantha nir divaḥ | sṛjā marutvatīr ava jīvadhanyā imā apo 'rcann anu svarājyam ||
English translation:
“Youu have struck Vṛtra from off the earth and from heaven; (now) let loose the wind-bound, life-sustaining rain, manifesting your own sovereignty.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gotamo rāhūgaṇaḥ [gotama rāhūgaṇa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): bhurigbṛhatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
निः । इ॒न्द्र॒ । भूम्याः॑ । अधि॑ । वृ॒त्रम् । ज॒घ॒न्थ॒ । निः । दि॒वः । सृ॒ज । म॒रुत्व॑तीः । अव॑ । जी॒वऽध॑न्याः । इ॒माः । अ॒पः । अर्च॑न् । अनु॑ । स्व॒ऽराज्य॑म् ॥
निः । इन्द्र । भूम्याः । अधि । वृत्रम् । जघन्थ । निः । दिवः । सृज । मरुत्वतीः । अव । जीवधन्याः । इमाः । अपः । अर्चन् । अनु । स्वराज्यम् ॥
niḥ | indra | bhūmyāḥ | adhi | vṛtram | jaghantha | niḥ | divaḥ | sṛja | marutvatīḥ | ava | jīva-dhanyāḥ | imāḥ | apaḥ | arcan | anu | sva-rājyam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.80.4 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“niḥ; away; out; without.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], ablative, singular, feminine
“floor; earth; Earth; real property; region; pṛthivī; location; Earth; place; bhūja; floor; pit; bhūmi [word]; one; hole; shop; distance; country; space; land; territory; topographic point.”
[adverb]
“on; from; accordingly.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Vṛtra; vṛtra [word].”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“kill; cure; māray; remove; destroy; hit; injure; damage; destroy; paralyze; hurt; forge; beat; cut off; stop; overwhelm; kick; hunt; affect; strike; hammer; love; obstruct; shoot.”
[adverb]
“niḥ; away; out; without.”
[noun], ablative, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“create; shoot; discharge; free; cause; throw; emit; send; produce; use; be born; make.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“Marut(a).”
[adverb]
“down.”
[noun]
“live; alive(p); amṛta.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“fortunate; auspicious; affluent.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”
[verb], plural, Present injunctive
“sing; worship; honor; praise; welcome.”
[adverb]
“subsequently; behind; along; towards; because.”
[noun]
“own(a); respective(a); akin(p); sva [word]; individual; present(a); independent.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“kingdom; kingship; sovereignty; rājya [word].”