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 1.175.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
मु॒षा॒य सूर्यं॑ कवे च॒क्रमीशा॑न॒ ओज॑सा । वह॒ शुष्णा॑य व॒धं कुत्सं॒ वात॒स्याश्वै॑: ॥
मुषाय सूर्यं कवे चक्रमीशान ओजसा । वह शुष्णाय वधं कुत्सं वातस्याश्वैः ॥
muṣāya sūryaṃ kave cakram īśāna ojasā | vaha śuṣṇāya vadhaṃ kutsaṃ vātasyāśvaiḥ ||
English translation:
“Sage Indra, who are the lord, you have carried off by your strength one wheel of (the chariot of) the sun. Take up your bolt for the death of Śuṣṇa, and proceed with your horses, swift as the wind, to Kutsa.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Kutsa = thunderbolt
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): agastyo maitrāvaruṇiḥ [agastya maitrāvaruṇi];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): uṣṇik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
मु॒षा॒य । सू॒र्य॒ । क॒वे॒ । च॒क्रम् । ईशा॑नः । ओज॑सा । वह॑ । शुष्णा॑य । व॒धम् । कुत्स॑म् । वात॑स्य । अश्वैः॑ ॥
मुषाय । सूर्य । कवे । चक्रम् । ईशानः । ओजसा । वह । शुष्णाय । वधम् । कुत्सम् । वातस्य । अश्वैः ॥
muṣāya | sūrya | kave | cakram | īśānaḥ | ojasā | vaha | śuṣṇāya | vadham | kutsam | vātasya | aśvaiḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.175.4 English analysis of grammar]
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“steal; rob.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“poet; wise man; bard; Venus; Uśanas; kavi [word]; Kavi; prophet; guru; Brahma.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“wheel; Cakra; discus; army; cakra; oil mill; cakrikā; cakra; group.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“govern; command; master; dominate; can; reign; control; own.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“strength; power; ojas; ojas [word]; potency; might.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“transport; bring; marry; run; drive; vāhay; drive; run; pull; nirvāpay; blow; transport; discharge; assume; remove.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“Śuṣṇa.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“killing; weapon; māraṇa; execution; destruction; vadh-; Vadha; dysfunction; punishment; kick.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Kutsa; kutsa [word].”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“vāta; wind; fart; Vayu; air; draft; vāta [word]; Vāta; rheumatism; Marut.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”