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 2.17.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सास्मा॒ अरं॑ बा॒हुभ्यां॒ यं पि॒ताकृ॑णो॒द्विश्व॑स्मा॒दा ज॒नुषो॒ वेद॑स॒स्परि॑ । येना॑ पृथि॒व्यां नि क्रिविं॑ श॒यध्यै॒ वज्रे॑ण ह॒त्व्यवृ॑णक्तुवि॒ष्वणि॑: ॥
सास्मा अरं बाहुभ्यां यं पिताकृणोद्विश्वस्मादा जनुषो वेदसस्परि । येना पृथिव्यां नि क्रिविं शयध्यै वज्रेण हत्व्यवृणक्तुविष्वणिः ॥
sāsmā aram bāhubhyāṃ yam pitākṛṇod viśvasmād ā januṣo vedasas pari | yenā pṛthivyāṃ ni kriviṃ śayadhyai vajreṇa hatvy avṛṇak tuviṣvaṇiḥ ||
English translation:
“Sufficient was he for (the protection of) this (world), which he, its defender, fabricated with his two arms for the sake of all mankind, over whom he was supreme by his wisdom; whereby, (also), he the loud-shouting, having struck Krivi (asura) with the thunderbolt, consigned him to (eternal) slumber on the earth.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gṛtsamadaḥ śaunakaḥ [gṛtsamada śaunaka];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): virāḍjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सः । अ॒स्मै॒ । अर॑म् । बा॒हुऽभ्या॑म् । यम् । पि॒ता । अकृ॑णोत् । विश्व॑स्मात् । आ । ज॒नुषः॑ । वेद॑सः । परि॑ । येन॑ । पृ॒थि॒व्याम् । नि । क्रिवि॑म् । श॒यध्यै॑ । वज्रे॑ण । ह॒त्वी । अवृ॑णक् । तु॒वि॒ऽस्वनिः॑ ॥
सः । अस्मै । अरम् । बाहुभ्याम् । यम् । पिता । अकृणोत् । विश्वस्मात् । आ । जनुषः । वेदसः । परि । येन । पृथिव्याम् । नि । क्रिविम् । शयध्यै । वज्रेण । हत्वी । अवृणक् । तुविस्वनिः ॥
saḥ | asmai | aram | bāhu-bhyām | yam | pitā | akṛṇot | viśvasmāt | ā | januṣaḥ | vedasaḥ | pari | yena | pṛthivyām | ni | krivim | śayadhyai | vajreṇa | hatvī | avṛṇak | tuvi-svaniḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 2.17.6 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.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[adverb]
[noun], dative, dual, masculine
“arm; bāhu [word]; elbow; forefoot.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“father; Pitṛ; ancestor; parent; paternal ancestor; pitṛ [word]; forefather.”
[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], ablative, singular, masculine
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], ablative, singular, masculine
“birth.”
[noun], ablative, singular, neuter
“knowledge.”
[adverb]
“from; about; around.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], locative, singular, feminine
“Earth; pṛthivī; floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī [word]; land.”
[adverb]
“back; down.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[verb noun]
“lie; sleep.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“vajra; Vajra; vajra; vajra; lightning; abhra; vajramūṣā; diamond; vajra [word]; vajrakapāṭa; vajra; vaikrānta.”
[verb noun]
“kill; cure; māray; remove; destroy; hit; injure; damage; destroy; paralyze; hurt; forge; beat; cut off; stop; overwhelm; kick; hunt; affect; strike; hammer; love; obstruct; shoot.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine