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 3.33.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इन्द्रो॑ अ॒स्माँ अ॑रद॒द्वज्र॑बाहु॒रपा॑हन्वृ॒त्रं प॑रि॒धिं न॒दीना॑म् । दे॒वो॑ऽनयत्सवि॒ता सु॑पा॒णिस्तस्य॑ व॒यं प्र॑स॒वे या॑म उ॒र्वीः ॥
इन्द्रो अस्माँ अरदद्वज्रबाहुरपाहन्वृत्रं परिधिं नदीनाम् । देवोऽनयत्सविता सुपाणिस्तस्य वयं प्रसवे याम उर्वीः ॥
indro asmām̐ aradad vajrabāhur apāhan vṛtram paridhiṃ nadīnām | devo 'nayat savitā supāṇis tasya vayam prasave yāma urvīḥ ||
English translation:
“The rivers speak; Indra, the wielder of the thunder-bolt, dug our channels when he slew Ahi the blocker-up of rivers; the divine and well-handed Savitā has led us (on our path), and obedient tohis commands we flow (as) ample (streams).”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
The blocker-yo if ruversL tge ckiyd unorusibubg the water of the rains;
Savitā: epithet of Indra, the impeller or animator of the world: savitā sarvasya jagataḥ prerakaḥ; cf. Nirukta 2.26
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gopavana ātreyaḥ saptavadhrirvā [gopavana ātreya saptavadhrirvā];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): nadyaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इन्द्रः॑ । अ॒स्मान् । अ॒र॒द॒त् । वज्र॑ऽबाहुः । अप॑ । अ॒ह॒न् । वृ॒त्रम् । प॒रि॒ऽधिम् । न॒दीना॑म् । दे॒वः॑ । अ॒न॒य॒त् । स॒वि॒ता । सु॒ऽपा॒णिः । तस्य॑ । व॒यम् । प्र॒ऽस॒वे । या॒मः॒ । उ॒र्वीः ॥
इन्द्रः । अस्मान् । अरदत् । वज्रबाहुः । अप । अहन् । वृत्रम् । परिधिम् । नदीनाम् । देवः । अनयत् । सविता । सुपाणिः । तस्य । वयम् । प्रसवे । यामः । उर्वीः ॥
indraḥ | asmān | aradat | vajra-bāhuḥ | apa | ahan | vṛtram | pari-dhim | nadīnām | devaḥ | anayat | savitā | su-pāṇiḥ | tasya | vayam | pra-save | yāmaḥ | urvīḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 3.33.6 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“dig.”
[noun], masculine
“vajra; Vajra; vajra; vajra; lightning; abhra; vajramūṣā; diamond; vajra [word]; vajrakapāṭa; vajra; vaikrānta.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“arm; bāhu [word]; elbow; forefoot.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“remove; cure; ward off; repel.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Vṛtra; vṛtra [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“covering; circumference; Paridhi; halo; fence.”
[noun], genitive, plural, feminine
“river; nadī; nadī [word]; Premna spinosa Roxb..”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“bring; lead; spend; decant; enter (a state); remove; take out; take away; enforce; marry; carry; fill into; bring; learn; go out; add.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Savitar; sun; Surya; Savitṛ.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“hand; hoof; pāṇi [word].”
[noun], genitive, 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], nominative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“stimulation.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“wide; broad; great; uru [word]; much(a); excellent.”