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 1.103.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

स जा॒तूभ॑र्मा श्र॒द्दधा॑न॒ ओज॒: पुरो॑ विभि॒न्दन्न॑चर॒द्वि दासी॑: । वि॒द्वान्व॑ज्रि॒न्दस्य॑वे हे॒तिम॒स्यार्यं॒ सहो॑ वर्धया द्यु॒म्नमि॑न्द्र ॥
स जातूभर्मा श्रद्दधान ओजः पुरो विभिन्दन्नचरद्वि दासीः । विद्वान्वज्रिन्दस्यवे हेतिमस्यार्यं सहो वर्धया द्युम्नमिन्द्र ॥
sa jātūbharmā śraddadhāna ojaḥ puro vibhindann acarad vi dāsīḥ | vidvān vajrin dasyave hetim asyāryaṃ saho vardhayā dyumnam indra ||

English translation:

“Armed with the thunderbolt, and confident in his strength, he has gone on destroying the cities of the Dasyus. Thunderer, acknowledging (the praises of your worshipper) cast, for his sake, your shaft agains the Dasyu, and augment the strength and glory of the Ārya.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सः । जा॒तूऽभ॑र्मा । श्र॒त्ऽदधा॑नः । ओजः॑ । पुरः॒ । वि॒ऽभि॒न्दन् । अ॒च॒र॒त् । वि । दासीः॑ । वि॒द्वान् । व॒ज्रि॒न् । दस्य॑वे । हे॒तिम् । अ॒स्य॒ । आर्यम् । सहः॑ । व॒र्ध॒य॒ । द्यु॒म्नम् । इ॒न्द्र॒ ॥
सः । जातूभर्मा । श्रत्दधानः । ओजः । पुरः । विभिन्दन् । अचरत् । वि । दासीः । विद्वान् । वज्रिन् । दस्यवे । हेतिम् । अस्य । आर्यम् । सहः । वर्धय । द्युम्नम् । इन्द्र ॥
saḥ | jātū-bharmā | śrat-dadhānaḥ | ojaḥ | puraḥ | vi-bhindan | acarat | vi | dāsīḥ | vi dvān | vajrin | dasyave | hetim | asya | āryam | sahaḥ | vardhaya | dyumnam | indra

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.103.3 English analysis of grammar]

sa < tad

[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.”

jātūbharmā < jātūbharman

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

śraddadhāna < śraddadhānaḥ < śraddhā < √dhā

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“believe; assent; trust.”

ojaḥ < ojas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

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

puro < puraḥ < pur

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“fortress; pur [word]; town; purā [indecl.]; mahant.”

vibhindann < vibhindan < vibhid < √bhid

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“cleave; incise.”

acarad < acarat < car

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“car; wander; perform; travel; bore; produce; make; dwell; dig; act; observe; enter (a state); observe; cause; crop; behave; practice; heed; process; administer.”

vi

[adverb]

“apart; away; away.”

dāsīḥ < dāsa

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“dāsa(a).”

vidvān < vid

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“know; diagnose; perceive; know; accord; notice; deem; mind; learn; specify; watch; recognize; detect; call.”

vajrin

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Indra; vajra; Euphorbia neriifolia L.; abhra; Buddha.”

dasyave < dasyu

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“savage; outcast; mugger.”

hetim < heti

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“projectile; heti [word].”

asyāryaṃ < asya < as

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“shoot; remove.”

asyāryaṃ < āryam < ārya

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“noble; noble; Indo-European; ārya [word]; honorable; noble.”

saho < sahaḥ < sahas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“force; strength; might; sahas [word]; conquest.”

vardhayā < vardhay < √vṛdh

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“increase; strengthen; promote; rear; add; greet; laud.”

dyumnam < dyumna

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“magnificence.”

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

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