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 1.101.5

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यो विश्व॑स्य॒ जग॑तः प्राण॒तस्पति॒र्यो ब्र॒ह्मणे॑ प्रथ॒मो गा अवि॑न्दत् । इन्द्रो॒ यो दस्यूँ॒रध॑राँ अ॒वाति॑रन्म॒रुत्व॑न्तं स॒ख्याय॑ हवामहे ॥
यो विश्वस्य जगतः प्राणतस्पतिर्यो ब्रह्मणे प्रथमो गा अविन्दत् । इन्द्रो यो दस्यूँरधराँ अवातिरन्मरुत्वन्तं सख्याय हवामहे ॥
yo viśvasya jagataḥ prāṇatas patir yo brahmaṇe prathamo gā avindat | indro yo dasyūm̐r adharām̐ avātiran marutvantaṃ sakhyāya havāmahe ||

English translation:

“Who is the lord of all moving and breathing creatures, who first recovered the (stolen) kine for the Brāhmaṇa, and who slew the humbled Dasyus; we invoke to become our friend, Indra, attended by the Maruts.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Brāhmaṇe = for Aṅgiras

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kutsaḥ āṅgirasaḥ [kutsa āṅgirasa];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): virāḍjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यः । विश्व॑स्य । जग॑तः । प्रा॒ण॒तः । पतिः॑ । यः । ब्र॒ह्मणे॑ । प्रथ॒मः । गाः । अवि॑न्दत् । इन्द्रः॑ । यः । दस्यू॑न् । अध॑रान् । अ॒व॒ऽअति॑रत् । म॒रुत्व॑न्तम् । स॒ख्याय॑ । ह॒वा॒म॒हे॒ ॥
यः । विश्वस्य । जगतः । प्राणतः । पतिः । यः । ब्रह्मणे । प्रथमः । गाः । अविन्दत् । इन्द्रः । यः । दस्यून् । अधरान् । अवअतिरत् । मरुत्वन्तम् । सख्याय । हवामहे ॥
yaḥ | viśvasya | jagataḥ | prāṇataḥ | patiḥ | yaḥ | brahmaṇe | prathamaḥ | gāḥ | avi ndat | indraḥ | yaḥ | dasyūn | adharān | ava-atirat | marutvantam | sakhyāya | havāmahe

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.101.5 English analysis of grammar]

yo < yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

viśvasya < viśva

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

jagataḥ < jagant

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“universe; Earth; world; people; Jagatī; Loka; animal; being.”

prāṇatas < prāṇ < √an

[verb noun], genitive, singular

“breathe; exist.”

patir < patiḥ < pati

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“husband; overlord; king; deity; īśvara; ruler; pati [word]; commanding officer; leader; owner; mayor; lord.”

yo < yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

brahmaṇe < brahman

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“Brahma; Brahmin; dhak; Brahman; brahman [word]; Brahman; Brahmin; Brahmapurāṇa; Vishnu; Brihaspati.”

prathamo < prathamaḥ < prathama

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“first; prathama [word]; third; young; chief(a); best; antecedent.”

< gāḥ < go

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

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

avindat < vid

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“find; detect; marry; get; think.”

indro < indraḥ < indra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

yo < yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

dasyūṃr < dasyu

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“savage; outcast; mugger.”

adharāṃ < adhara

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“lower; adhara [word]; worse.”

avātiran < avātirat < avatṛ < √tṛ

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“descend; be born; incarnate; come out; alight; overcome.”

marutvantaṃ < marutvantam < marutvant

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Indra; marutvant [word].”

sakhyāya < sakhya

[noun], dative, singular, neuter

“friendship; aid; company.”

havāmahe < hvā

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“raise; call on; call; summon.”

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