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 3.37.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पु॒रु॒ष्टु॒तस्य॒ धाम॑भिः श॒तेन॑ महयामसि । इन्द्र॑स्य चर्षणी॒धृत॑: ॥
पुरुष्टुतस्य धामभिः शतेन महयामसि । इन्द्रस्य चर्षणीधृतः ॥
puruṣṭutasya dhāmabhiḥ śatena mahayāmasi | indrasya carṣaṇīdhṛtaḥ ||

English translation:

“We repeat the praise of the many-lauded Indra the supporter of man, invested with a hundred glories.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पु॒रु॒ऽस्तु॒तस्य॑ । धाम॑ऽभिः । श॒तेन॑ । म॒ह॒या॒म॒सि॒ । इन्द्र॑स्य । च॒र्ष॒णि॒ऽधृतः॑ ॥
पुरुस्तुतस्य । धामभिः । शतेन । महयामसि । इन्द्रस्य । चर्षणिधृतः ॥
puru-stutasya | dhāma-bhiḥ | śatena | mahayāmasi | indrasya | carṣaṇi-dhṛtaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 3.37.4 English analysis of grammar]

puruṣṭutasya < puruṣṭuta

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“Indra; Vishnu; Agni.”

dhāmabhiḥ < dhāman

[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter

“domain; dwelling; law; appearance; light; race; agreement; color; location.”

śatena < śata

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“hundred; one-hundredth; śata [word].”

mahayāmasi < mahay < √mah

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“glorify.”

indrasya < indra

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

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

carṣaṇīdhṛtaḥ < carṣaṇī

[noun], feminine

carṣaṇīdhṛtaḥ < dhṛtaḥ < dhṛt

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“maintaining.”

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