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 2.17.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अधा॑कृणोः प्रथ॒मं वी॒र्यं॑ म॒हद्यद॒स्याग्रे॒ ब्रह्म॑णा॒ शुष्म॒मैर॑यः । र॒थे॒ष्ठेन॒ हर्य॑श्वेन॒ विच्यु॑ता॒: प्र जी॒रय॑: सिस्रते स॒ध्र्य१॒॑क्पृथ॑क् ॥
अधाकृणोः प्रथमं वीर्यं महद्यदस्याग्रे ब्रह्मणा शुष्ममैरयः । रथेष्ठेन हर्यश्वेन विच्युताः प्र जीरयः सिस्रते सध्र्यक्पृथक् ॥
adhākṛṇoḥ prathamaṃ vīryam mahad yad asyāgre brahmaṇā śuṣmam airayaḥ | ratheṣṭhena haryaśvena vicyutāḥ pra jīrayaḥ sisrate sadhryak pṛthak ||
English translation:
“Verily, Indra, you have displayed your first great prowess, when, (propitiated) by the prayer (of the worshipper), you have put forth your withering (vigour) in his presence; and when the congregated enemies (of the gods), hurled down by you in youur chariot, drawn by your horses, fled, scattered.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gṛtsamadaḥ śaunakaḥ [gṛtsamada śaunaka];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): bhuriktriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अध॑ । अ॒कृ॒णोः॒ । प्र॒थ॒मम् । वी॒र्य॑म् । म॒हत् । यत् । अ॒स्य॒ । अग्रे॑ । ब्रह्म॑णा । शुष्म॑म् । ऐर॑यः । र॒थे॒ऽस्थेन॑ । हरि॑ऽअश्वेन । विऽच्यु॑ताः । प्र । जी॒रयः॑ । सि॒स्र॒ते॒ । स॒ध्र्य॑क् । पृथ॑क् ॥
अध । अकृणोः । प्रथमम् । वीर्यम् । महत् । यत् । अस्य । अग्रे । ब्रह्मणा । शुष्मम् । ऐरयः । रथेस्थेन । हरिअश्वेन । विच्युताः । प्र । जीरयः । सिस्रते । सध्र्यक् । पृथक् ॥
adha | akṛṇoḥ | prathamam | vīryam | mahat | yat | asya | agre | brahmaṇā | śuṣmam | airayaḥ | rathe--sthena | hari-aśvena | vi-cyutāḥ | pra | jīrayaḥ | sisrate | sadhryak | pṛthak
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 2.17.3 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“then; and; therefore; now.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“first; prathama [word]; third; young; chief(a); best; antecedent.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“potency; vīrya; heroism; potency; strength; semen; power; deed; active agent; efficacy; vīryapāramitā; gold; vigor; vīrya [word]; virility; manfulness; jewel; force.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“large; eminent; great; loud; dangerous; strong; long; high; much(a); mahant [word]; ample; very; great; adult; important; dark; high; abundant; violent; remarkable; mighty; big; long.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“tip; beginning; peak; end; front; top; beginning; battlefront; agra [word]; acme; fingertip; top; best; optimum; climax; matter; glans.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“brahman; mantra; prayer; spell; Veda; Brahmin; sacred text; final emancipation; hymn; brahman [word]; Brāhmaṇa; study.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“vigor; energy; fire; hiss; courage.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“name; describe; propel; shoot; state; call; raise; expel; tell; enumerate.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
[noun], masculine
“Vishnu; monkey; Krishna; horse; lion; Indra; Hari; Surya; Hari; haritāla; Hari; snake; frog.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“fall down.”
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“river.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“sṛ; liquefy; run; spread; stretch out.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
[adverb]
“individually; apart; each; by the piece; independently; pṛthak [word].”