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 3.34.1

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इन्द्र॑: पू॒र्भिदाति॑र॒द्दास॑म॒र्कैर्वि॒दद्व॑सु॒र्दय॑मानो॒ वि शत्रू॑न् । ब्रह्म॑जूतस्त॒न्वा॑ वावृधा॒नो भूरि॑दात्र॒ आपृ॑ण॒द्रोद॑सी उ॒भे ॥
इन्द्रः पूर्भिदातिरद्दासमर्कैर्विदद्वसुर्दयमानो वि शत्रून् । ब्रह्मजूतस्तन्वा वावृधानो भूरिदात्र आपृणद्रोदसी उभे ॥
indraḥ pūrbhid ātirad dāsam arkair vidadvasur dayamāno vi śatrūn | brahmajūtas tanvā vāvṛdhāno bhūridātra āpṛṇad rodasī ubhe ||

English translation:

Indra, the destroyer of cities, possessed of wealth manifesting (his greatness), merciless to his enemies has overspread the day with his radiance; attracted by prayer, increasing in bulk, and armed with many weapons, he has delighted both heaven and earth.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Rmed with many pweapons: bhūridātra: dātra from do, to cut, is explained as a weapon

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]:

इन्द्रः॑ । पूः॒ऽभित् । आ । अ॒ति॒र॒त् । दास॑म् । अ॒र्कैः । वि॒दत्ऽव॑सुः । दय॑मानः । वि । शत्रू॑न् । ब्रह्म॑ऽजूतः । त॒न्वा॑ । व॒वृ॒धा॒नः । भूरि॑ऽदात्रः । आ । अ॒पृ॒ण॒त् । रोद॑सी॒ इति॑ । उ॒भे इति॑ ॥
इन्द्रः । पूःभित् । आ । अतिरत् । दासम् । अर्कैः । विदत्वसुः । दयमानः । वि । शत्रून् । ब्रह्मजूतः । तन्वा । ववृधानः । भूरिदात्रः । आ । अपृणत् । रोदसी इति । उभे इति ॥
indraḥ | pūḥ-bhit | ā | atirat | dāsam | arkaiḥ | vidat-vasuḥ | dayamānaḥ | vi | śatrūn | brahma-jūtaḥ | tanvā | vavṛdhānaḥ | bhūri-dātraḥ | ā | apṛṇat | rodasī iti | ubhe iti

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 3.34.1 English analysis of grammar]

indraḥ < indra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

pūrbhid

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Indra.”

ātirad < ātirat < ātṛ < √tṛ

[verb], singular, Imperfect

dāsam < dāsa

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“slave; Dāsa; servant; savage; Shudra.”

arkair < arkaiḥ < arka

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sun; copper; Surya; hymn; twelve; fire; beam.”

vidadvasur < vidadvasuḥ < vidadvasu

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

dayamāno < dayamānaḥ < day

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“share.”

vi

[adverb]

“apart; away; away.”

śatrūn < śatru

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“enemy; foe; enemy; Asura.”

brahmajūtas < brahma < brahman

[noun], neuter

“brahman; mantra; prayer; spell; Veda; Brahmin; sacred text; final emancipation; hymn; brahman [word]; Brāhmaṇa; study.”

brahmajūtas < jūtaḥ <

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“animate; encourage; impel; inspire.”

tanvā < tanū

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“body; self; own(a); person; form.”

vāvṛdhāno < vāvṛdhānaḥ < vṛdh

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”

bhūridātra < bhūri

[noun]

“much; many; much(a); abundant; rich; mighty; distinguished.”

bhūridātra < dātraḥ < dātra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“sickle; gift; scythe.”

āpṛṇad < āpṛṇat < āpṛṇ < √pṛṇ

[verb], singular, Imperfect

rodasī < rodas

[noun], accusative, dual, neuter

“heaven and earth; Earth.”

ubhe < ubh

[noun], accusative, dual, neuter

“both(a).”

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