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 1.84.11
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ता अ॑स्य पृशना॒युव॒: सोमं॑ श्रीणन्ति॒ पृश्न॑यः । प्रि॒या इन्द्र॑स्य धे॒नवो॒ वज्रं॑ हिन्वन्ति॒ साय॑कं॒ वस्वी॒रनु॑ स्व॒राज्य॑म् ॥
ता अस्य पृशनायुवः सोमं श्रीणन्ति पृश्नयः । प्रिया इन्द्रस्य धेनवो वज्रं हिन्वन्ति सायकं वस्वीरनु स्वराज्यम् ॥
tā asya pṛśanāyuvaḥ somaṃ śrīṇanti pṛśnayaḥ | priyā indrasya dhenavo vajraṃ hinvanti sāyakaṃ vasvīr anu svarājyam ||
English translation:
“Desirous of his contact, those bridled cows dilute the Soma with their milk; the kine that are loved of Indra direct his destructive thunderbolt against his foes, abiding (in their stalls) expectant of his sovereignty.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gotamo rāhūgaṇaḥ [gotama rāhūgaṇa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdāstārapaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ताः । अ॒स्य॒ । पृ॒श॒न॒ऽयुवः॑ । सोम॑म् । श्री॒ण॒न्ति॒ । पृश्न॑यः । प्रि॒याः । इन्द्र॑स्य । धे॒नवः॑ । वज्र॑म् । हि॒न्व॒न्ति॒ । साय॑कम् । वस्वीः॑ । अनु॑ । स्व॒ऽराज्य॑म् ॥
ताः । अस्य । पृशनयुवः । सोमम् । श्रीणन्ति । पृश्नयः । प्रियाः । इन्द्रस्य । धेनवः । वज्रम् । हिन्वन्ति । सायकम् । वस्वीः । अनु । स्वराज्यम् ॥
tāḥ | asya | pṛśana-yuvaḥ | somam | śrīṇanti | pṛśnayaḥ | priyāḥ | indrasya | dhenavaḥ | vajram | hinvanti | sāyakam | vasvīḥ | anu | sva-rājyam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.84.11 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“cook; boil; heat; cook; mix.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“Pṛśni; beam.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“beloved; pleasant; dear; fond(p); wanted; priya [word]; favorite; good; liked; suitable; proper.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“cow; dhenu [word]; milk.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“vajra; Vajra; vajra; vajra; lightning; abhra; vajramūṣā; diamond; vajra [word]; vajrakapāṭa; vajra; vaikrānta.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“impel; send; spur; stimulate; urge.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“arrow; munj.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“good; good; benign; vasu [word].”
[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].”