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 1.102.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

गो॒जिता॑ बा॒हू अमि॑तक्रतुः सि॒मः कर्म॑न्कर्मञ्छ॒तमू॑तिः खजंक॒रः । अ॒क॒ल्प इन्द्र॑: प्रति॒मान॒मोज॒साथा॒ जना॒ वि ह्व॑यन्ते सिषा॒सव॑: ॥
गोजिता बाहू अमितक्रतुः सिमः कर्मन्कर्मञ्छतमूतिः खजंकरः । अकल्प इन्द्रः प्रतिमानमोजसाथा जना वि ह्वयन्ते सिषासवः ॥
gojitā bāhū amitakratuḥ simaḥ karman-karmañ chatamūtiḥ khajaṃkaraḥ | akalpa indraḥ pratimānam ojasāthā janā vi hvayante siṣāsavaḥ ||

English translation:

“Your arms are the winners of cattle, your wisdom is unbounded, you are most excellent, the granter of a hundred aids in every rite; the author of war, Indra is uncontrolled; the type of strength; wherefore men, who are desirous of wealth, invoke him in various ways.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

गो॒ऽजिता॑ । बा॒हू इति॑ । अमि॑तऽक्रतुः । सि॒मः । कर्म॑न्ऽकर्मन् । श॒तऽमू॑र्तिः । ख॒ज॒म्ऽक॒रः । अ॒क॒ल्पः । इन्द्रः॑ । प्र॒ति॒ऽमान॑म् । ओज॑सा । अथ॑ । जनाः॑ । वि । ह्व॒य॒न्ते॒ । सि॒सा॒सवः॑ ॥
गोजिता । बाहू इति । अमितक्रतुः । सिमः । कर्मन्कर्मन् । शतमूर्तिः । खजम्करः । अकल्पः । इन्द्रः । प्रतिमानम् । ओजसा । अथ । जनाः । वि । ह्वयन्ते । सिसासवः ॥
go--jitā | bāhū iti | amita-kratuḥ | simaḥ | karman-karman | śata-mūrtiḥ | khajam-karaḥ | akalpaḥ | indraḥ | prati-mānam | ojasā | atha | janāḥ | vi | hvayante | sisāsavaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.102.6 English analysis of grammar]

gojitā < go

[noun], masculine

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

gojitā < jitā < jit

[noun], nominative, dual, masculine

“curative; removing; victorious; winning.”

bāhū < bāhu

[noun], nominative, dual, masculine

“arm; bāhu [word]; elbow; forefoot.”

amitakratuḥ < amita

[noun]

“infinite; illimitable; countless.”

amitakratuḥ < kratuḥ < kratu

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“yajña; decision; plan; deliberation; intelligence; Kratu; will; kratu [word]; desire; resoluteness; ritual.”

simaḥ < sima

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

karman

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“action; saṃskāra; ritual; procedure; karman; treatment; object; function; production; job; operation; karman [word]; act; job; passive voice; activity; consequence; function; yajña; pañcakarman; cooking; occupation; profession; construction; duty; method; natural process; duty; therapy.”

karmañchatamūtiḥ < karman

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“action; saṃskāra; ritual; procedure; karman; treatment; object; function; production; job; operation; karman [word]; act; job; passive voice; activity; consequence; function; yajña; pañcakarman; cooking; occupation; profession; construction; duty; method; natural process; duty; therapy.”

karmañchatamūtiḥ < śatamūtiḥ < śatamūti

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

khajaṅkaraḥ < khajaṃkara

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

akalpa < akalpaḥ < akalpa

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“inappropriate.”

indraḥ < indra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

pratimānam < pratimāna

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“weight.”

ojasāthā < ojasā < ojas

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“strength; power; ojas; ojas [word]; potency; might.”

ojasāthā < athā < atha

[adverb]

“now; then; furthermore; now; then.”

janā < janāḥ < jana

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“people; national; man; relative; jan; Janaloka; person; jana [word]; man; attendant; Jana; foreigner; inhabitant; group.”

vi

[adverb]

“apart; away; away.”

hvayante < hvā

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“raise; call on; call; summon.”

siṣāsavaḥ < siṣāsu

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

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