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 1.118.9

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यु॒वं श्वे॒तं पे॒दव॒ इन्द्र॑जूतमहि॒हन॑मश्विनादत्त॒मश्व॑म् । जो॒हूत्र॑म॒र्यो अ॒भिभू॑तिमु॒ग्रं स॑हस्र॒सां वृष॑णं वी॒ड्व॑ङ्गम् ॥
युवं श्वेतं पेदव इन्द्रजूतमहिहनमश्विनादत्तमश्वम् । जोहूत्रमर्यो अभिभूतिमुग्रं सहस्रसां वृषणं वीड्वङ्गम् ॥
yuvaṃ śvetam pedava indrajūtam ahihanam aśvinādattam aśvam | johūtram aryo abhibhūtim ugraṃ sahasrasāṃ vṛṣaṇaṃ vīḍvaṅgam ||

English translation:

“You gave to Pedu, Aśvins, the white and foe-trampling steed which you had received from Indra, loud-neighing (in battle), defying enemies, high-spirited, the acquirer of a thousand tresures, vigorous, and firm in body.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kakṣīvān;
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): aśvinau ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यु॒वम् । श्वे॒तम् । पे॒दवे॑ । इन्द्र॑ऽजूतम् । अ॒हि॒ऽहन॑म् । अ॒श्वि॒ना॒ । अ॒द॒त्त॒म् । अश्व॑म् । जो॒हूत्र॑म् । अ॒र्यः । अ॒भिऽभू॑तिम् । उ॒ग्रम् । स॒ह॒स्र॒ऽसाम् । वृष॑णम् । वी॒ळुऽअ॑ङ्गम् ॥
युवम् । श्वेतम् । पेदवे । इन्द्रजूतम् । अहिहनम् । अश्विना । अदत्तम् । अश्वम् । जोहूत्रम् । अर्यः । अभिभूतिम् । उग्रम् । सहस्रसाम् । वृषणम् । वीळुअङ्गम् ॥
yuvam | śvetam | pedave | indra-jūtam | ahi-hanam | aśvinā | adattam | aśvam | johūtram | aryaḥ | abhi-bhūtim | ugram | sahasra-sām | vṛṣaṇam | vīḷu-aṅgam

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.118.9 English analysis of grammar]

yuvaṃ < yuvam < tvad

[noun], nominative, dual

“you.”

śvetam < śveta

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“white; bright; śveta [word]; bright.”

pedava < pedavaḥ < pedu

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

indrajūtam < indra

[noun], masculine

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

indrajūtam < jūtam <

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“animate; encourage; impel; inspire.”

ahihanam < ahi

[noun], masculine

“snake; lead; nāga; Nāga; ahi [word]; Vṛtra.”

ahihanam < hanam < han

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“killing; curative; destroying; removing; māraka; stabbing.”

aśvinādattam < aśvinā < aśvin

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

“Asvins; two.”

aśvinādattam < adattam <

[verb], dual, Imperfect

“give; add; perform; put; administer; fill into; give; ignite; put on; offer; use; fuel; pour; grant; feed; teach; construct; insert; drip; wrap; pay; hand over; lend; inflict; concentrate; sacrifice; splint; poultice; create.”

aśvam < aśva

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”

johūtram < johūtra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

aryo < aryaḥ < ari

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

abhibhūtim < abhibhūti

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“superior; overpowering.”

ugraṃ < ugram < ugra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“powerful; awful; dangerous; intense; mighty; potent; colicky; atrocious.”

sahasrasāṃ < sahasra

[noun], neuter

“thousand; one-thousandth; sahasra [word].”

sahasrasāṃ < sām <

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“winning.”

vṛṣaṇaṃ < vṛṣaṇam < vṛṣan

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“bullocky; potent; powerful; strong; manly; aroused; potent; much(a); male; large.”

vīḍvaṅgam < vīḍu

[noun]

“hard; firm.”

vīḍvaṅgam < aṅgam < aṅga

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“body part; body; part; limb; extremity; Vedāṅga; section; root; army unit; aṅga [word]; subsection; aṅgamantra; part; body; ingredient.”

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