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 2.17.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स भू॑तु॒ यो ह॑ प्रथ॒माय॒ धाय॑स॒ ओजो॒ मिमा॑नो महि॒मान॒माति॑रत् । शूरो॒ यो यु॒त्सु त॒न्वं॑ परि॒व्यत॑ शी॒र्षणि॒ द्यां म॑हि॒ना प्रत्य॑मुञ्चत ॥
स भूतु यो ह प्रथमाय धायस ओजो मिमानो महिमानमातिरत् । शूरो यो युत्सु तन्वं परिव्यत शीर्षणि द्यां महिना प्रत्यमुञ्चत ॥
sa bhūtu yo ha prathamāya dhāyasa ojo mimāno mahimānam ātirat | śūro yo yutsu tanvam parivyata śīrṣaṇi dyām mahinā praty amuñcata ||
English translation:
“May that (Indra) be (excited), who, manifesting his energy, exerted his might for the first drinking of the Soma; a hero, who in combats protected his own person n and by his greatness sustained the heaven upon his head.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gṛtsamadaḥ śaunakaḥ [gṛtsamada śaunaka];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛjjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सः । भू॒तु॒ । यः । ह॒ । प्र॒थ॒माय॑ । धाय॑से । ओजः॑ । मिमा॑नः । म॒हि॒मान॑म् । आ । अति॑रत् । शूरः॑ । यः । यु॒त्ऽसु । त॒न्व॑म् । प॒रि॒ऽव्यत॑ । शी॒र्षणि॑ । द्याम् । म॒हि॒ना । प्रति॑ । अ॒मु॒ञ्च॒त॒ ॥
सः । भूतु । यः । ह । प्रथमाय । धायसे । ओजः । मिमानः । महिमानम् । आ । अतिरत् । शूरः । यः । युत्सु । तन्वम् । परिव्यत । शीर्षणि । द्याम् । महिना । प्रति । अमुञ्चत ॥
saḥ | bhūtu | yaḥ | ha | prathamāya | dhāyase | ojaḥ | mimānaḥ | mahimānam | ā | at irat | śūraḥ | yaḥ | yut-su | tanvam | pari-vyata | śīrṣaṇi | dyām | mahinā | prati | amuñcata
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 2.17.2 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[verb], singular, Aorist imperative
“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[adverb]
“indeed; ha [word].”
[noun], dative, singular, neuter
“first; prathama [word]; third; young; chief(a); best; antecedent.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“strength; power; ojas; ojas [word]; potency; might.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“weigh; measure; total; last; weigh; measure; give away; transform.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“greatness; power; mahiman.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“hero; cock; śūra; Śūra; Vatica robusta; Plumbago zeylanica; warrior; hero; attacker; lentil; wild boar; lion; dog.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], locative, plural
“battle; fight; war; combat.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“body; self; own(a); person; form.”
[verb], singular, Thematic aorist (Ind.)
“surround; surround.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“head; śīrṣan [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“greatness; enormousness.”
[adverb]
“towards; per; regarding; respectively; according to; until.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“liberate; emit; get rid of; shoot; release; put; tousle; secrete; fill into; shoot; spill; lose; ejaculate; exclude; free; remove; loosen; let go of; add; shed; want; save; defecate; heal; fart; open; abandon; discard; precipitate; reject; lay; unleash; exhale; discharge.”