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 3.32.8

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इन्द्र॑स्य॒ कर्म॒ सुकृ॑ता पु॒रूणि॑ व्र॒तानि॑ दे॒वा न मि॑नन्ति॒ विश्वे॑ । दा॒धार॒ यः पृ॑थि॒वीं द्यामु॒तेमां ज॒जान॒ सूर्य॑मु॒षसं॑ सु॒दंसा॑: ॥
इन्द्रस्य कर्म सुकृता पुरूणि व्रतानि देवा न मिनन्ति विश्वे । दाधार यः पृथिवीं द्यामुतेमां जजान सूर्यमुषसं सुदंसाः ॥
indrasya karma sukṛtā purūṇi vratāni devā na minanti viśve | dādhāra yaḥ pṛthivīṃ dyām utemāṃ jajāna sūryam uṣasaṃ sudaṃsāḥ ||

English translation:

“All the gods cannot detract from the many glorious exploits, and pious works of Indra; he who has upheld earth, and heaven, and the firmament, and who, the performer of great deeds, has engendered the sun and the dawn.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gopavana ātreyaḥ saptavadhrirvā [gopavana ātreya saptavadhrirvā];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इन्द्र॑स्य । कर्म॑ । सुऽकृ॑ता । पु॒रूणि॑ । व्र॒तानि॑ । दे॒वाः । न । मि॒न॒न्ति॒ । विश्वे॑ । दा॒धार॑ । यः । पृ॒थि॒वीम् । द्याम् । उ॒त । इ॒माम् । ज॒जान॑ । सूर्य॑म् । उ॒षस॑म् । सु॒ऽदंसाः॑ ॥
इन्द्रस्य । कर्म । सुकृता । पुरूणि । व्रतानि । देवाः । न । मिनन्ति । विश्वे । दाधार । यः । पृथिवीम् । द्याम् । उत । इमाम् । जजान । सूर्यम् । उषसम् । सुदंसाः ॥
indrasya | karma | su-kṛtā | purūṇi | vratāni | devāḥ | na | minanti | viśve | dādhāra | yaḥ | pṛthivīm | dyām | uta | imām | jajāna | sūryam | uṣasam | su-daṃsāḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 3.32.8 English analysis of grammar]

indrasya < indra

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”

karma < karman

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“action; saṃskāra; ritual; procedure; karman; treatment; object; function; production; job; operation; karman [word]; act; job; passive voice; activity; consequence; function; yajña; pañcakarman; cooking; occupation; profession; construction; duty; method; natural process; duty; therapy.”

sukṛtā < su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

sukṛtā < kṛtā < kṛ

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“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.”

purūṇi < puru

[noun], nominative, plural, neuter

“many; much(a); very.”

vratāni < vrata

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“vrata (vote); commandment; law; oath; command; rule; custom; vrata [word]; rule; behavior.”

devā < devāḥ < deva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

minanti <

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“transgress; damage.”

viśve < viśva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

dādhāra < dhṛ

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“keep; put; hold; assume; wear; take; promise; stay; exist; hold; begin; dip.”

yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

pṛthivīṃ < pṛthivīm < pṛthivī

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“Earth; pṛthivī; floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī [word]; land.”

dyām < div

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”

utemāṃ < uta

[adverb]

“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”

utemāṃ < imām < idam

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

jajāna < jan

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”

sūryam < sūrya

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”

uṣasaṃ < uṣasam < uṣas

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“Ushas; dawn; uṣas [word]; morning.”

sudaṃsāḥ < su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

sudaṃsāḥ < daṃsāḥ < daṃsas

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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