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 2.11.16
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
बृ॒हन्त॒ इन्नु ये ते॑ तरुत्रो॒क्थेभि॑र्वा सु॒म्नमा॒विवा॑सान् । स्तृ॒णा॒नासो॑ ब॒र्हिः प॒स्त्या॑व॒त्त्वोता॒ इदि॑न्द्र॒ वाज॑मग्मन् ॥
बृहन्त इन्नु ये ते तरुत्रोक्थेभिर्वा सुम्नमाविवासान् । स्तृणानासो बर्हिः पस्त्यावत्त्वोता इदिन्द्र वाजमग्मन् ॥
bṛhanta in nu ye te tarutrokthebhir vā sumnam āvivāsān | stṛṇānāso barhiḥ pastyāvat tvotā id indra vājam agman ||
English translation:
“Liberator (from evil), they who worship you, the giver of happiness, with holy hymns, quickly become great; they who strew the sacred grass (in honour of you) are protected by you, and, together with their famiies, obtain (abundant) food.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gṛtsamadaḥ śaunakaḥ [gṛtsamada śaunaka];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): bhurigbṛhatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
बृ॒हन्तः॑ । इत् । नु । ये । ते॒ । त॒रु॒त्र॒ । उ॒क्थेभिः॑ । वा॒ । सु॒म्नम् । आ॒ऽविवा॑सान् । स्तृ॒णा॒नासः॑ । ब॒र्हिः । प॒स्त्य॑ऽवत् । त्वाऽऊ॑ताः । इत् । इ॒न्द्र॒ । वाज॑म् । अ॒ग्म॒न् ॥
बृहन्तः । इत् । नु । ये । ते । तरुत्र । उक्थेभिः । वा । सुम्नम् । आविवासान् । स्तृणानासः । बर्हिः । पस्त्यवत् । त्वाऊताः । इत् । इन्द्र । वाजम् । अग्मन् ॥
bṛhantaḥ | it | nu | ye | te | tarutra | ukthebhiḥ | vā | sumnam | āvivāsān | stṛṇānāsaḥ | barhiḥ | pastya-vat | tvāūtāḥ | it | indra | vājam | agman
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 2.11.16 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“large; great; loud; high; much(a); exalted; abundant; intensive; strong; huge.”
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[adverb]
“now; already.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“triumphant; conquering(a); superior.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter
“hymn; praise; uktha [word]; encomium.”
[adverb]
“or; optionally; either.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“favor; benevolence; sumna [word]; entreaty; favor.”
[verb], plural, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“spread; kill; lay; cover.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“Barhis; barhis [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“prize; Vāja; reward; reward; Ribhus; vigor; strength; contest.”
[verb], plural, Root aorist (Ind.)
“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”