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 2.13.13
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒स्मभ्यं॒ तद्व॑सो दा॒नाय॒ राध॒: सम॑र्थयस्व ब॒हु ते॑ वस॒व्य॑म् । इन्द्र॒ यच्चि॒त्रं श्र॑व॒स्या अनु॒ द्यून्बृ॒हद्व॑देम वि॒दथे॑ सु॒वीरा॑: ॥
अस्मभ्यं तद्वसो दानाय राधः समर्थयस्व बहु ते वसव्यम् । इन्द्र यच्चित्रं श्रवस्या अनु द्यून्बृहद्वदेम विदथे सुवीराः ॥
asmabhyaṃ tad vaso dānāya rādhaḥ sam arthayasva bahu te vasavyam | indra yac citraṃ śravasyā anu dyūn bṛhad vadema vidathe suvīrāḥ ||
English translation:
“Possessor of riches, exert your ability to bestow wealth upon us; for yours is great affluence; may you, Indra, be disposed to grant us exceeding abundance day by day, so that, blessed with worthy descendants, we may glorify you at (our) sacrifice.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gṛtsamadaḥ śaunakaḥ [gṛtsamada śaunaka];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒स्मभ्य॑म् । तत् । व॒सो॒ इति॑ । दा॒नाय॑ । राधः॑ । सम् । अ॒र्थ॒य॒स्व॒ । ब॒हु । ते॒ । व॒स॒व्य॑म् । इन्द्र॑ । यत् । चि॒त्रम् । श्र॒व॒स्याः । अनु॑ । द्यून् । बृ॒हत् । व॒दे॒म॒ । वि॒दथे॑ । सु॒ऽवीराः॑ ॥
अस्मभ्यम् । तत् । वसो इति । दानाय । राधः । सम् । अर्थयस्व । बहु । ते । वसव्यम् । इन्द्र । यत् । चित्रम् । श्रवस्याः । अनु । द्यून् । बृहत् । वदेम । विदथे । सुवीराः ॥
asmabhyam | tat | vaso iti | dānāya | rādhaḥ | sam | arthayasva | bahu | te | vasavyam | indra | yat | citram | śravasyāḥ | anu | dyūn | bṛhat | vadema | vidathe | su-vīrāḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 2.13.13 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“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
“good; good; benign; vasu [word].”
[noun], dative, singular, neuter
“giving; gift; bribery; performance; addition; yajña; fueling; teaching.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“gift; munificence; liberality; bounty.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“sam; together; together; saṃ.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“many; much(a); bahu [word]; abundant; long; large; abounding in(p); perennial.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“wealth; wealth.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“manifold; extraordinary; beautiful; divers(a); varicolored; bright; bright; bright; outstanding; agitated; aglitter(p); brilliant; painted; obvious; patched; bizarre.”
[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
[adverb]
“subsequently; behind; along; towards; because.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“large; great; loud; high; much(a); exalted; abundant; intensive; strong; huge.”
[verb], plural, Present optative
“describe; teach; speak; tell; say; call; name; enumerate; declare; diagnose; address; say; pronounce; express; instruct; order.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“meeting; wisdom; council.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“hero; man; Vīra; vīra; vīra [word]; Vīra.”