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 2.16.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यस्मा॒दिन्द्रा॑द्बृह॒तः किं च॒नेमृ॒ते विश्वा॑न्यस्मि॒न्त्सम्भृ॒ताधि॑ वी॒र्या॑ । ज॒ठरे॒ सोमं॑ त॒न्वी॒३॒॑ सहो॒ महो॒ हस्ते॒ वज्रं॒ भर॑ति शी॒र्षणि॒ क्रतु॑म् ॥
यस्मादिन्द्राद्बृहतः किं चनेमृते विश्वान्यस्मिन्त्सम्भृताधि वीर्या । जठरे सोमं तन्वी सहो महो हस्ते वज्रं भरति शीर्षणि क्रतुम् ॥
yasmād indrād bṛhataḥ kiṃ canem ṛte viśvāny asmin sambhṛtādhi vīryā | jaṭhare somaṃ tanvī saho maho haste vajram bharati śīrṣaṇi kratum ||
English translation:
“For without that mighty Indra, this (world) were nothing; in him all powers whatever are aggregated; he receives the Soma into his stomach, and in his body (exhibits) strength and energy; he bears the thunderbolt in his hand, and wisdom in his head.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gṛtsamadaḥ śaunakaḥ [gṛtsamada śaunaka];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): bhuriktriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यस्मा॑त् । इन्द्रा॑त् । बृ॒ह॒तः । किम् । च॒न । ई॒म् । ऋ॒ते । विश्वा॑नि । अ॒स्मि॒न् । सम्ऽभृ॑ता । अधि॑ । वी॒र्या॑ । ज॒ठरे॑ । सोम॑म् । त॒न्वि॑ । सहः॑ । महः॑ । हस्ते॑ । वज्र॑म् । भर॑ति । शी॒र्षणि॑ । क्रतु॑म् ॥
यस्मात् । इन्द्रात् । बृहतः । किम् । चन । ईम् । ऋते । विश्वानि । अस्मिन् । सम्भृता । अधि । वीर्या । जठरे । सोमम् । तन्वि । सहः । महः । हस्ते । वज्रम् । भरति । शीर्षणि । क्रतुम् ॥
yasmāt | indrāt | bṛhataḥ | kim | cana | īm | ṛte | viśvāni | asmin | sam-bhṛtā | adhi | vīryā | jaṭhare | somam | tanvi | sahaḥ | mahaḥ | haste | vajram | bharati | śīrṣaṇi | kratum
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 2.16.2 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], ablative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], ablative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], ablative, singular, masculine
“large; great; loud; high; much(a); exalted; abundant; intensive; strong; huge.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“some(a); any(a); some(a); any(a).”
[adverb]
[adverb]
“without; ṛte [word].”
[noun], nominative, plural, neuter
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“gather; collect; fill; mix; fill into; produce.”
[adverb]
“on; from; accordingly.”
[noun], nominative, plural, neuter
“potency; vīrya; heroism; potency; strength; semen; power; deed; active agent; efficacy; vīryapāramitā; gold; vigor; vīrya [word]; virility; manfulness; jewel; force.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“abdomen; udara; Jaṭhara; edema; garbha; inside; stomach; belly.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[noun], locative, singular, feminine
“body; self; own(a); person; form.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“force; strength; might; sahas [word]; conquest.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“greatness; festival; glory; reward; gladness.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“hand; hand; proboscis; hasta [word]; autograph.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“vajra; Vajra; vajra; vajra; lightning; abhra; vajramūṣā; diamond; vajra [word]; vajrakapāṭa; vajra; vaikrānta.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“bring; hold; fill; support; wear; possess; carry; nourish; keep; hire; have; satiate; follow; bear.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“head; śīrṣan [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“yajña; decision; plan; deliberation; intelligence; Kratu; will; kratu [word]; desire; resoluteness; ritual.”