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 1.174.10
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वम॒स्माक॑मिन्द्र वि॒श्वध॑ स्या अवृ॒कत॑मो न॒रां नृ॑पा॒ता । स नो॒ विश्वा॑सां स्पृ॒धां स॑हो॒दा वि॒द्यामे॒षं वृ॒जनं॑ जी॒रदा॑नुम् ॥
त्वमस्माकमिन्द्र विश्वध स्या अवृकतमो नरां नृपाता । स नो विश्वासां स्पृधां सहोदा विद्यामेषं वृजनं जीरदानुम् ॥
tvam asmākam indra viśvadha syā avṛkatamo narāṃ nṛpātā | sa no viśvāsāṃ spṛdhāṃ sahodā vidyāmeṣaṃ vṛjanaṃ jīradānum ||
English translation:
“Be you, Indra, at all times our especial defender; the preserver of our people, the bestower of strength upon all these our emulous (followers); that we may obtain food, strength, and long life.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): agastyo maitrāvaruṇiḥ [agastya maitrāvaruṇi];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): bhurikpaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वम् । अ॒स्माक॑म् । इ॒न्द्र॒ । वि॒श्वध॑ । स्याः॒ । अ॒वृ॒कऽत॑मः । न॒रान् । नृ॒ऽपा॒ता । सः । नः॒ । विश्वा॑साम् । स्पृ॒धाम् । स॒हः॒ऽदाः । वि॒द्याम॑ । इ॒षम् । वृ॒जन॑म् । जी॒रऽदा॑नुम् ॥
त्वम् । अस्माकम् । इन्द्र । विश्वध । स्याः । अवृकतमः । नरान् । नृपाता । सः । नः । विश्वासाम् । स्पृधाम् । सहःदाः । विद्याम । इषम् । वृजनम् । जीरदानुम् ॥
tvam | asmākam | indra | viśvadha | syāḥ | avṛka-tamaḥ | narān | nṛ-pātā | saḥ | naḥ | viśvāsām | spṛdhām | sahaḥ-dāḥ | vidyāma | iṣam | vṛjanam | jīra-dānum
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.174.10 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular
“you.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[adverb]
[verb], singular, Present optative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”
[noun], masculine
“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[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.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], genitive, plural, feminine
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[noun], genitive, plural, feminine
“adversary; enemy; rival.”
[noun], neuter
“force; strength; might; sahas [word]; conquest.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“giving.”
[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.”