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 1.101.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यः शूरे॑भि॒र्हव्यो॒ यश्च॑ भी॒रुभि॒र्यो धाव॑द्भिर्हू॒यते॒ यश्च॑ जि॒ग्युभि॑: । इन्द्रं॒ यं विश्वा॒ भुव॑ना॒भि सं॑द॒धुर्म॒रुत्व॑न्तं स॒ख्याय॑ हवामहे ॥
यः शूरेभिर्हव्यो यश्च भीरुभिर्यो धावद्भिर्हूयते यश्च जिग्युभिः । इन्द्रं यं विश्वा भुवनाभि संदधुर्मरुत्वन्तं सख्याय हवामहे ॥
yaḥ śūrebhir havyo yaś ca bhīrubhir yo dhāvadbhir hūyate yaś ca jigyubhiḥ | indraṃ yaṃ viśvā bhuvanābhi saṃdadhur marutvantaṃ sakhyāya havāmahe ||

English translation:

“Who is to be invoked by the brave and by the timid, by the vanquished and by victors, and whom all eings plural ce before them (in their ites); we invoke to become our friend, Indra, attended by the Maruts.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यः । शूरे॑भिः । हव्यः॑ । यः । च॒ । भी॒रुऽभिः॑ । यः । धाव॑त्ऽभिः । हू॒यते॑ । यः । च॒ । जि॒ग्युभिः॑ । इन्द्र॑म् । यम् । विश्वा॑ । भुव॑ना । अ॒भि । स॒म्ऽद॒धुः । म॒रुत्व॑न्तम् । स॒ख्याय॑ । ह॒वा॒म॒हे॒ ॥
यः । शूरेभिः । हव्यः । यः । च । भीरुभिः । यः । धावत्भिः । हूयते । यः । च । जिग्युभिः । इन्द्रम् । यम् । विश्वा । भुवना । अभि । सम्दधुः । मरुत्वन्तम् । सख्याय । हवामहे ॥
yaḥ | śūrebhiḥ | havyaḥ | yaḥ | ca | bhīru-bhiḥ | yaḥ | dhāvat-bhiḥ | hūyate | yaḥ | ca | jigyubhiḥ | indram | yam | viśvā | bhuvanā | abhi | sam-dadhuḥ | marutvantam | sakhyāya | havāmahe

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.101.6 English analysis of grammar]

yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

śūrebhir < śūrebhiḥ < śūra

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“brave; powerful.”

havyo < havyaḥ < hvā

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“raise; call on; call; summon.”

yaś < yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

bhīrubhir < bhīrubhiḥ < bhīru

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“timid; afraid(p); bhīru [word]; cowardly; fearful.”

yo < yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

dhāvadbhir < dhāvadbhiḥ < dhāv

[verb noun], instrumental, plural

“run; run; wash.”

hūyate < hvā

[verb], singular, Indikativ Pr¦s. Passiv

“raise; call on; call; summon.”

yaś < yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

jigyubhiḥ < jigyu

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“victorious.”

indraṃ < indram < indra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

yaṃ < yam < yad

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

viśvā < viśva

[noun], nominative, plural, neuter

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

bhuvanābhi < bhuvanā < bhuvana

[noun], nominative, plural, neuter

“Earth; being; world; bhuvana [word].”

bhuvanābhi < abhi

[adverb]

“towards; on.”

saṃdadhur < saṃdadhuḥ < saṃdhā < √dhā

[verb], plural, Perfect indicative

“connect; refer; aim; grow together; compress; ally; unite; operate on.”

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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