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 1.165.9
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अनु॑त्त॒मा ते॑ मघव॒न्नकि॒र्नु न त्वावाँ॑ अस्ति दे॒वता॒ विदा॑नः । न जाय॑मानो॒ नश॑ते॒ न जा॒तो यानि॑ करि॒ष्या कृ॑णु॒हि प्र॑वृद्ध ॥
अनुत्तमा ते मघवन्नकिर्नु न त्वावाँ अस्ति देवता विदानः । न जायमानो नशते न जातो यानि करिष्या कृणुहि प्रवृद्ध ॥
anuttam ā te maghavan nakir nu na tvāvām̐ asti devatā vidānaḥ | na jāyamāno naśate na jāto yāni kariṣyā kṛṇuhi pravṛddha ||
English translation:
“(The Maruts): Verily, Maghvan, nothing (done) by you is unavailing; there is no divinity as wise as you; no one being born, or that has been born, ever surpasses the glorious deeds which you, mighty (Indra), have achieved.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Verily, Maghavan: anuttamā te maghavan nakir nu na = whatever is said by you, Indra, is true;
Anuttamā = an exclamation or assent that which is not sent or driven away
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): agastyaḥ [agastya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अनु॑त्तम् । आ । ते॒ । म॒घ॒व॒न् । नकिः॑ । नु । न । त्वाऽवा॑न् । अ॒स्ति॒ । दे॒वता॑ । विदा॑नः । न । जाय॑मानः । नश॑ते । न । जा॒तः । यानि॑ । क॒रि॒ष्या । कृ॒णु॒हि । प्र॒ऽवृ॒द्धः॒ ॥
अनुत्तम् । आ । ते । मघवन् । नकिः । नु । न । त्वावान् । अस्ति । देवता । विदानः । न । जायमानः । नशते । न । जातः । यानि । करिष्या । कृणुहि । प्रवृद्धः ॥
anuttam | ā | te | maghavan | nakiḥ | nu | na | tvāvān | asti | devatā | vidānaḥ | na | jāyamānaḥ | naśate | na | jātaḥ | yāni | kariṣyā | kṛṇuhi | pra-vṛddhaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.165.9 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“anutta [word]; insuperable.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; maghavan [word].”
[adverb]
“not.”
[adverb]
“now; already.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“Hindu deity; Deva; deity; idol; devatā [word]; divinity; temple.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“know; diagnose; perceive; know; accord; notice; deem; mind; learn; specify; watch; recognize; detect; call.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“reach; achieve; enter (a state); reach.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[verb], singular, Conditional
“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.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“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.”
[verb noun], vocative, singular
“increase; develop; advance.”