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 1.103.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स धा॑रयत्पृथि॒वीं प॒प्रथ॑च्च॒ वज्रे॑ण ह॒त्वा निर॒पः स॑सर्ज । अह॒न्नहि॒मभि॑नद्रौहि॒णं व्यह॒न्व्यं॑सं म॒घवा॒ शची॑भिः ॥
स धारयत्पृथिवीं पप्रथच्च वज्रेण हत्वा निरपः ससर्ज । अहन्नहिमभिनद्रौहिणं व्यहन्व्यंसं मघवा शचीभिः ॥
sa dhārayat pṛthivīm paprathac ca vajreṇa hatvā nir apaḥ sasarja | ahann ahim abhinad rauhiṇaṃ vy ahan vyaṃsam maghavā śacībhiḥ ||
English translation:
“He upholds, and has spread out, the earth; having struck (the clouds), he has extricated the waters; he has slain Ahi, he has pierced Rauhiṇa, he has destroyed, by his prowess, the mutilated (Vṛtra).”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kutsaḥ āṅgirasaḥ [kutsa āṅgirasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): virāṭtrisṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सः । धा॒र॒य॒त् । पृ॒थि॒वीम् । प॒प्रथ॑त् । च॒ । वज्रे॑ण । ह॒त्वा । निः । अ॒पः । स॒स॒र्ज॒ । अह॑न् । अहि॑म् । अभि॑नत् । रौ॒हि॒णम् । वि । अह॑न् । विऽअं॑सम् । म॒घऽवा॑ । शची॑भिः ॥
सः । धारयत् । पृथिवीम् । पप्रथत् । च । वज्रेण । हत्वा । निः । अपः । ससर्ज । अहन् । अहिम् । अभिनत् । रौहिणम् । वि । अहन् । विअंसम् । मघवा । शचीभिः ॥
saḥ | dhārayat | pṛthivīm | paprathat | ca | vajreṇa | hatvā | niḥ | apaḥ | sasarja | ahan | ahim | abhinat | rauhiṇam | vi | ahan | vi-aṃsam | magha-vā | śacībhiḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.103.2 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[verb], singular, Present injunctive
“keep; sustain; put; hold; wear; hold; carry; keep alive; suppress; preserve; remember; stow; stop; have; fill into; endure; support; understand; fixate; govern; restrain.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“Earth; pṛthivī; floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī [word]; land.”
[verb], singular, Perfect conjunctive (subj.)
“be known; expand; expand; boom.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“vajra; Vajra; vajra; vajra; lightning; abhra; vajramūṣā; diamond; vajra [word]; vajrakapāṭa; vajra; vaikrānta.”
[verb noun]
“kill; cure; māray; remove; destroy; hit; injure; damage; destroy; paralyze; hurt; forge; beat; cut off; stop; overwhelm; kick; hunt; affect; strike; hammer; love; obstruct; shoot.”
[adverb]
“niḥ; away; out; without.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“create; shoot; discharge; free; cause; throw; emit; send; produce; use; be born; make.”
[verb], singular, Root aorist (Ind.)
“kill; cure; māray; remove; destroy; hit; injure; damage; destroy; paralyze; hurt; forge; beat; cut off; stop; overwhelm; kick; hunt; affect; strike; hammer; love; obstruct; shoot.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“snake; lead; nāga; Nāga; ahi [word]; Vṛtra.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“break; incise; burst; divide; cut; cleave; destroy; cure; disturb; lance; break; distinguish; disclose; pierce; tear; separate; transgress; break open; scratch; penetrate; sever; bribe; grind; betray; fester; strike.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[verb], singular, Root aorist (Ind.)
“kill; cure; māray; remove; destroy; hit; injure; damage; destroy; paralyze; hurt; forge; beat; cut off; stop; overwhelm; kick; hunt; affect; strike; hammer; love; obstruct; shoot.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra; maghavan [word].”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“Śacī; power; dexterity; ability; aid.”