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 1.165.7
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
भूरि॑ चकर्थ॒ युज्ये॑भिर॒स्मे स॑मा॒नेभि॑र्वृषभ॒ पौंस्ये॑भिः । भूरी॑णि॒ हि कृ॒णवा॑मा शवि॒ष्ठेन्द्र॒ क्रत्वा॑ मरुतो॒ यद्वशा॑म ॥
भूरि चकर्थ युज्येभिरस्मे समानेभिर्वृषभ पौंस्येभिः । भूरीणि हि कृणवामा शविष्ठेन्द्र क्रत्वा मरुतो यद्वशाम ॥
bhūri cakartha yujyebhir asme samānebhir vṛṣabha pauṃsyebhiḥ | bhūrīṇi hi kṛṇavāmā śaviṣṭhendra kratvā maruto yad vaśāma ||
English translation:
“(The Maruts): Showerer (of benefits), you have done much; but it has been without united equal energies; for we, too, most powerful Indra, have done many things, and by our deeds (we are, as) we desire to be, Maruts.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): agastyaḥ [agastya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): bhurikpaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
भूरि॑ । च॒क॒र्थ॒ । युज्ये॑भिः । अ॒स्मे इति॑ । स॒मा॒नेभिः॑ । वृ॒ष॒भ॒ । पौंस्ये॑भिः । भूरी॑णि । हि । कृ॒णवा॑म । श॒वि॒ष्ठ॒ । इन्द्र॑ । क्रत्वा॑ । म॒रु॒तः॒ । यत् । वशा॑म ॥
भूरि । चकर्थ । युज्येभिः । अस्मे इति । समानेभिः । वृषभ । पौंस्येभिः । भूरीणि । हि । कृणवाम । शविष्ठ । इन्द्र । क्रत्वा । मरुतः । यत् । वशाम ॥
bhūri | cakartha | yujyebhiḥ | asme iti | samānebhiḥ | vṛṣabha | paiṃsyebhiḥ | bhūrīṇi | hi | kṛṇavāma | śaviṣṭha | indra | kratvā | marutaḥ | yat | vaśāma
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.165.7 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“much; many; much(a); abundant; rich; mighty; distinguished.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“adequate to(p); appropriate; united; allied.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter
“like; identical; common; like; alike(p); same; samāna [word]; akin(p); comparable; identical; mutual; equal.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“bull; Vṛṣabha; Vṛṣabha; best.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter
“manfulness; deed; army; strength.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“much; many; much(a); abundant; rich; mighty; distinguished.”
[adverb]
“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”
[verb], plural, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“mighty.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“yajña; decision; plan; deliberation; intelligence; Kratu; will; kratu [word]; desire; resoluteness; ritual.”
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”
[adverb]
“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”
[verb], plural, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“desire; agree; call; care; like; love.”