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 1.80.8
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वि ते॒ वज्रा॑सो अस्थिरन्नव॒तिं ना॒व्या॒३॒॑ अनु॑ । म॒हत्त॑ इन्द्र वी॒र्यं॑ बा॒ह्वोस्ते॒ बलं॑ हि॒तमर्च॒न्ननु॑ स्व॒राज्य॑म् ॥
वि ते वज्रासो अस्थिरन्नवतिं नाव्या अनु । महत्त इन्द्र वीर्यं बाह्वोस्ते बलं हितमर्चन्ननु स्वराज्यम् ॥
vi te vajrāso asthiran navatiṃ nāvyā anu | mahat ta indra vīryam bāhvos te balaṃ hitam arcann anu svarājyam ||
English translation:
“Your thunderbolts were scattered widely over ninety-and-nine rivers; great is your prowess, strength is deposited in your arms, manifesting your own sovereignty.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Ninety-and nine = 9,000 or an indefinite number
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gotamo rāhūgaṇaḥ [gotama rāhūgaṇa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): bṛhatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वि । ते॒ । वज्रा॑सः । अ॒स्थि॒र॒न् । न॒व॒तिम् । ना॒व्याः॑ । अनु॑ । म॒हत् । ते॒ । इ॒न्द्र॒ । वी॒र्य॑म् । बा॒ह्वोः । ते॒ । बल॑म् । हि॒तम् । अर्च॑न् । अनु॑ । स्व॒ऽराज्य॑म् ॥
वि । ते । वज्रासः । अस्थिरन् । नवतिम् । नाव्याः । अनु । महत् । ते । इन्द्र । वीर्यम् । बाह्वोः । ते । बलम् । हितम् । अर्चन् । अनु । स्वराज्यम् ॥
vi | te | vajrāsaḥ | asthiran | navatim | nāvyāḥ | anu | mahat | te | indra | vīryam | bāhvoḥ | te | balam | hitam | arcan | anu | sva-rājyam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.80.8 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“vajra; Vajra; vajra; vajra; lightning; abhra; vajramūṣā; diamond; vajra [word]; vajrakapāṭa; vajra; vaikrānta.”
[verb], plural, Root aorist (Ind.)
“stay; stand; situate; exist; [in]; resist; endure; put; soak; be; stop; adhere; get stale; concentrate; grow; trust; wake; consociate; last; dwell; lie; stand; stop.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“ninety; navati [word].”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“river.”
[adverb]
“subsequently; behind; along; towards; because.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“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], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“potency; vīrya; heroism; potency; strength; semen; power; deed; active agent; efficacy; vīryapāramitā; gold; vigor; vīrya [word]; virility; manfulness; jewel; force.”
[noun], locative, dual, masculine
“arm; bāhu [word]; elbow; forefoot.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“strength; army; power; force; potency; vigor; Balarama; bala; violence; might; Shiva; bala [word]; myrrh; semen; reflex; bronze; influence; erection; potency; intensity.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[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].”