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 1.173.13
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ए॒ष स्तोम॑ इन्द्र॒ तुभ्य॑म॒स्मे ए॒तेन॑ गा॒तुं ह॑रिवो विदो नः । आ नो॑ ववृत्याः सुवि॒ताय॑ देव वि॒द्यामे॒षं वृ॒जनं॑ जी॒रदा॑नुम् ॥
एष स्तोम इन्द्र तुभ्यमस्मे एतेन गातुं हरिवो विदो नः । आ नो ववृत्याः सुविताय देव विद्यामेषं वृजनं जीरदानुम् ॥
eṣa stoma indra tubhyam asme etena gātuṃ harivo vido naḥ | ā no vavṛtyāḥ suvitāya deva vidyāmeṣaṃ vṛjanaṃ jīradānum ||
English translation:
“This hymn, Indra, is addressed to you. Lord of steeds, learn by it the way to our sacrifice, and come hither for our good, that we may thence obtain food, strength, and long life.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): agastyo maitrāvaruṇiḥ [agastya maitrāvaruṇi];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ए॒षः । स्तोमः॑ । इ॒न्द्र॒ । तुभ्य॑म् । अ॒स्मे इति॑ । ए॒तेन॑ । गा॒तुम् । ह॒रि॒ऽवः॒ । वि॒दः॒ । नः॒ । आ । नः॒ । व॒वृ॒त्याः॒ । सु॒वि॒ताय॑ । दे॒व॒ । वि॒द्याम॑ । इ॒षम् । वृ॒जन॑म् । जी॒रऽदा॑नुम् ॥
एषः । स्तोमः । इन्द्र । तुभ्यम् । अस्मे इति । एतेन । गातुम् । हरिवः । विदः । नः । आ । नः । ववृत्याः । सुविताय । देव । विद्याम । इषम् । वृजनम् । जीरदानुम् ॥
eṣaḥ | stomaḥ | indra | tubhyam | asme iti | etena | gātum | hari-vaḥ | vidaḥ | naḥ | ā | naḥ | vavṛtyāḥ | suvitāya | deva | vidyāma | iṣam | vṛjanam | jīra-dānum
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.173.13 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); etad [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“hymn; Stoma; stoma [word].”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], dative, singular
“you.”
[noun], locative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); etad [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“path; way.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“find; detect; marry; get; think.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb], singular, Perfect optative
“behave; happen; exist; return; dwell; die; roll; continue; act; exist; feed on; issue; move; travel; proceed; turn; situate; drive; account for; begin; do; inhere; revolve.”
[noun], dative, singular, neuter
“prosperity; well-being.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[verb], plural, Present optative
“know; diagnose; perceive; know; accord; notice; deem; mind; learn; specify; watch; recognize; detect; call.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“community; settlement.”
[noun]
“agile; quick; fast.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Dānu; dew; drop.”