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 3.34.7

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यु॒धेन्द्रो॑ म॒ह्ना वरि॑वश्चकार दे॒वेभ्य॒: सत्प॑तिश्चर्षणि॒प्राः । वि॒वस्व॑त॒: सद॑ने अस्य॒ तानि॒ विप्रा॑ उ॒क्थेभि॑: क॒वयो॑ गृणन्ति ॥
युधेन्द्रो मह्ना वरिवश्चकार देवेभ्यः सत्पतिश्चर्षणिप्राः । विवस्वतः सदने अस्य तानि विप्रा उक्थेभिः कवयो गृणन्ति ॥
yudhendro mahnā varivaś cakāra devebhyaḥ satpatiś carṣaṇiprāḥ | vivasvataḥ sadane asya tāni viprā ukthebhiḥ kavayo gṛṇanti ||

English translation:

“Lord of the virtuous, fulfiller of the wishes of men, he gave to the gods the wealth (that had been won) in fierce battle, and therefore far-seeing sages glorify those his exploits with praises in the dwelling of the worshipper.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

To the gods: devebhyaḥ = stotrebhyaḥ, to the praisers or worshippers; in the dwelling of the worshipper: vivasvataḥ sadane: vivasvataḥ = of whom dwelling vasataḥ, where various (vi) religious rites are performed

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यु॒धा । इन्द्रः॑ । म॒ह्ना । वरि॑वः । च॒का॒र॒ । दे॒वेभ्यः॑ । सत्ऽप॑तिः । च॒र्ष॒णि॒ऽप्राः । वि॒वस्व॑तः । सद॑ने । अ॒स्य॒ । तानि॑ । विप्राः॑ । उ॒क्थेभिः॑ । क॒वयः॑ । गृ॒ण॒न्ति॒ ॥
युधा । इन्द्रः । मह्ना । वरिवः । चकार । देवेभ्यः । सत्पतिः । चर्षणिप्राः । विवस्वतः । सदने । अस्य । तानि । विप्राः । उक्थेभिः । कवयः । गृणन्ति ॥
yudhā | indraḥ | mahnā | varivaḥ | cakāra | devebhyaḥ | sat-patiḥ | carṣaṇi-prāḥ | vivasvataḥ | sadane | asya | tāni | viprāḥ | ukthebhiḥ | kavayaḥ | gṛṇanti

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 3.34.7 English analysis of grammar]

yudhendro < yudhā < yudh

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“battle; fight; war; combat.”

yudhendro < indraḥ < indra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

mahnā < mahan

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“greatness.”

varivaś < varivaḥ < varivas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“room; varivas [word]; space; escape.”

cakāra < kṛ

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“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.”

devebhyaḥ < deva

[noun], dative, plural, masculine

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

satpatiś < satpatiḥ < satpati

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Indra.”

carṣaṇiprāḥ < carṣaṇi

[noun], feminine

“people.”

carṣaṇiprāḥ < prāḥ < prā

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“appreciated.”

vivasvataḥ < vivasvant

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“Surya; sun; Vivasvant; Vivasvant.”

sadane < sadana

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“seat; weakness; inertness; dwelling; exhaustion; numbness; home; residence; seat; inanition; location.”

asya < idam

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

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

tāni < tad

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

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

viprā < viprāḥ < vipra

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“eloquent; stimulated; divine.”

ukthebhiḥ < uktha

[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter

“hymn; praise; uktha [word]; encomium.”

kavayo < kavayaḥ < kavi

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“poet; wise man; bard; Venus; Uśanas; kavi [word]; Kavi; prophet; guru; Brahma.”

gṛṇanti < gṛ

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“praise.”

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