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 1.177.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ये ते॒ वृष॑णो वृष॒भास॑ इन्द्र ब्रह्म॒युजो॒ वृष॑रथासो॒ अत्या॑: । ताँ आ ति॑ष्ठ॒ तेभि॒रा या॑ह्य॒र्वाङ्हवा॑महे त्वा सु॒त इ॑न्द्र॒ सोमे॑ ॥
ये ते वृषणो वृषभास इन्द्र ब्रह्मयुजो वृषरथासो अत्याः । ताँ आ तिष्ठ तेभिरा याह्यर्वाङ्हवामहे त्वा सुत इन्द्र सोमे ॥
ye te vṛṣaṇo vṛṣabhāsa indra brahmayujo vṛṣarathāso atyāḥ | tām̐ ā tiṣṭha tebhir ā yāhy arvāṅ havāmahe tvā suta indra some ||
English translation:
“Mount, Indra, your steeds, who are young and vigorous, tractable to prayer, and harnessed to a bounty-shedding car; come down with them to us. We invoke you, Indra, the libation being poured out.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Young and vigorous: the words varṣa and varṣaṇam are repeated: showering, shedding, effusing; the horses are vṛṣaṇa; the car is varṣaṇa; Indra is vṛṣabha; Soma is vṛṣan
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): agastyo maitrāvaruṇiḥ [agastya maitrāvaruṇi];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ये । ते॒ । वृष॑णः । वृ॒ष॒भासः॑ । इ॒न्द्र॒ । ब्र॒ह्म॒ऽयुजः॑ । वृष॑ऽरथासः । अत्याः॑ । तान् । आ । ति॒ष्ठ॒ । तेभिः॑ । आ । या॒हि॒ । अ॒र्वाङ् । हवा॑महे । त्वा॒ । सु॒ते । इ॑न्द्र । सोमे॑ ॥
ये । ते । वृषणः । वृषभासः । इन्द्र । ब्रह्मयुजः । वृषरथासः । अत्याः । तान् । आ । तिष्ठ । तेभिः । आ । याहि । अर्वाङ् । हवामहे । त्वा । सुते । इन्द्र । सोमे ॥
ye | te | vṛṣaṇaḥ | vṛṣabhāsaḥ | indra | brahma-yujaḥ | vṛṣa-rathāsaḥ | atyāḥ | tān | ā | tiṣṭha | tebhiḥ | ā | yāhi | arvāṅ | havāmahe | tvā | sute | indra | some
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.177.2 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“bullocky; potent; powerful; strong; manly; aroused; potent; much(a); male; large.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“bull; Vṛṣabha; Vṛṣabha; best.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], neuter
“brahman; mantra; prayer; spell; Veda; Brahmin; sacred text; final emancipation; hymn; brahman [word]; Brāhmaṇa; study.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“amalgamated; harnessed.”
[noun]
“bullocky; potent; powerful; strong; manly; aroused; potent; much(a); male; large.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“chariot; warrior; ratha [word]; Dalbergia oojeinensis; rattan.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“horse; steed.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“stay; stand; situate; exist; [in]; resist; endure; put; soak; be; stop; adhere; get stale; concentrate; grow; trust; wake; consociate; last; dwell; lie; stand; stop.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“approaching; facing; less.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“raise; call on; call; summon.”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[verb noun], locative, singular
“press out; su.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”