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 3.33.7

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

प्र॒वाच्यं॑ शश्व॒धा वी॒र्यं१॒॑ तदिन्द्र॑स्य॒ कर्म॒ यदहिं॑ विवृ॒श्चत् । वि वज्रे॑ण परि॒षदो॑ जघा॒नाय॒न्नापोऽय॑नमि॒च्छमा॑नाः ॥
प्रवाच्यं शश्वधा वीर्यं तदिन्द्रस्य कर्म यदहिं विवृश्चत् । वि वज्रेण परिषदो जघानायन्नापोऽयनमिच्छमानाः ॥
pravācyaṃ śaśvadhā vīryaṃ tad indrasya karma yad ahiṃ vivṛścat | vi vajreṇa pariṣado jaghānāyann āpo 'yanam icchamānāḥ ||

English translation:

Viśvāmitra speaks: Ever is that heroic exploit of Indra to be celebrated when he cut Ahi to pieces, and with his thunderbolt destroyed the surrounding (obstructors of the rain), whence the waters proceed in the direction they desire.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

प्र॒ऽवाच्य॑म् । श॒श्व॒धा । वी॒र्य॑म् । तत् । इन्द्र॑स्य । कर्म॑ । यत् । अहि॑म् । वि॒ऽवृ॒श्चत् । वि । वज्रे॑ण । प॒रि॒ऽषदः॑ । ज॒घा॒न॒ । आय॑न् । आपः॑ । अय॑नम् । इ॒च्छमा॑नाः ॥
प्रवाच्यम् । शश्वधा । वीर्यम् । तत् । इन्द्रस्य । कर्म । यत् । अहिम् । विवृश्चत् । वि । वज्रेण । परिषदः । जघान । आयन् । आपः । अयनम् । इच्छमानाः ॥
pra-vācyam | śaśvadhā | vīryam | tat | indrasya | karma | yat | ahim | vi-vṛścat | vi | vajreṇa | pari-ṣadaḥ | jaghāna | āyan | āpaḥ | ayanam | icchamānāḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 3.33.7 English analysis of grammar]

pravācyaṃ < pravācyam < pravac < √vac

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“describe; name; enumerate; call; explain; teach; state; tell; impart; convey; address; proclaim.”

śaśvadhā

[adverb]

vīryaṃ < vīryam < vīrya

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“potency; vīrya; heroism; potency; strength; semen; power; deed; active agent; efficacy; vīryapāramitā; gold; vigor; vīrya [word]; virility; manfulness; jewel; force.”

tad < tat < tad

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

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.”

yad < yat

[adverb]

“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”

ahiṃ < ahim < ahi

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“snake; lead; nāga; Nāga; ahi [word]; Vṛtra.”

vivṛścat < vivraśc < √vraśc

[verb], singular, Imperfect

vi

[adverb]

“apart; away; away.”

vajreṇa < vajra

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“vajra; Vajra; vajra; vajra; lightning; abhra; vajramūṣā; diamond; vajra [word]; vajrakapāṭa; vajra; vaikrānta.”

pariṣado < pariṣadaḥ < pariṣad

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“pariṣad [word]; assembly.”

jaghānāyann < jaghāna < han

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“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.”

jaghānāyann < āyan < e < √i

[verb], plural, Imperfect

“come; travel.”

āpo < āpaḥ < ap

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”

'yanam < ayanam < ayana

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“ayana; ayana [word]; position; motion; means.”

icchamānāḥ < iṣ

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“desire; recommend; approve; seek; call; search; try; prefer; love; commend; assent; permit; choose.”

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