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 3.34.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

म॒हो म॒हानि॑ पनयन्त्य॒स्येन्द्र॑स्य॒ कर्म॒ सुकृ॑ता पु॒रूणि॑ । वृ॒जने॑न वृजि॒नान्त्सं पि॑पेष मा॒याभि॒र्दस्यूँ॑र॒भिभू॑त्योजाः ॥
महो महानि पनयन्त्यस्येन्द्रस्य कर्म सुकृता पुरूणि । वृजनेन वृजिनान्त्सं पिपेष मायाभिर्दस्यूँरभिभूत्योजाः ॥
maho mahāni panayanty asyendrasya karma sukṛtā purūṇi | vṛjanena vṛjinān sam pipeṣa māyābhir dasyūm̐r abhibhūtyojāḥ ||

English translation:

“They celebrate many great and glorious exploits of this mighty Indra; he crushed the strong by his strength, and, of overpowering prowess, he overcame the dasyus by delusions.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

म॒हः । म॒हानि॑ । प॒न॒य॒न्ति॒ । अ॒स्य॒ । इन्द्र॑स्य । कर्म॑ । सुऽकृ॑ता । पु॒रूणि॑ । वृ॒जने॑न । वृ॒जि॒नान् । सम् । पि॒पे॒ष॒ । मा॒याभिः॑ । दस्यू॑ँन् । अ॒भिभू॑तिऽओजाः ॥
महः । महानि । पनयन्ति । अस्य । इन्द्रस्य । कर्म । सुकृता । पुरूणि । वृजनेन । वृजिनान् । सम् । पिपेष । मायाभिः । दस्यूँन् । अभिभूतिओजाः ॥
mahaḥ | mahāni | panayanti | asya | indrasya | karma | su-kṛtā | purūṇi | vṛjanena | vṛjinān | sam | pipeṣa | māyābhiḥ | dasyūṃn | abhibhūti-ojāḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 3.34.6 English analysis of grammar]

maho < mahaḥ < mah

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“great; great; distinguished; much(a); adult; long; high.”

mahāni < maha

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“great; abundant.”

panayanty < panayanti < panay < √pan

[verb], plural, Present indikative

asyendrasya < asya < idam

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

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

asyendrasya < 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.”

vṛjanena < vṛjana

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“community; settlement.”

vṛjinān < vṛjina

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“deceitful; crooked; bent.”

sam

[adverb]

“sam; together; together; saṃ.”

pipeṣa < piṣ

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“grind; knead; paste; crush; press out.”

māyābhir < māyābhiḥ < māyā

[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine

“magic trick; Māyā; deception; illusion; māyā [word]; disguise; trick.”

dasyūṃr < dasyu

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“savage; outcast; mugger.”

abhibhūtyojāḥ < abhibhūti

[noun]

“superior; overpowering.”

abhibhūtyojāḥ < ojāḥ < ojas

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“strength; power; ojas; ojas [word]; potency; might.”

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