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 3.37.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वाजे॑षु सास॒हिर्भ॑व॒ त्वामी॑महे शतक्रतो । इन्द्र॑ वृ॒त्राय॒ हन्त॑वे ॥
वाजेषु सासहिर्भव त्वामीमहे शतक्रतो । इन्द्र वृत्राय हन्तवे ॥
vājeṣu sāsahir bhava tvām īmahe śatakrato | indra vṛtrāya hantave ||
English translation:
“Be victorious, Indra, in battles; we solicit you, object of many rites, to destroy Vṛtra.”
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]:
वाजे॑षु । स॒स॒हिः । भ॒व॒ । त्वाम् । ई॒म॒हे॒ । श॒त॒क्र॒तो॒ इति॑ शतऽक्रतो । इन्द्र॑ । वृ॒त्राय॑ । हन्त॑वे ॥
वाजेषु । ससहिः । भव । त्वाम् । ईमहे । शतक्रतो इति शतक्रतो । इन्द्र । वृत्राय । हन्तवे ॥
vājeṣu | sasahiḥ | bhava | tvām | īmahe | śatakrato itiśata-krato | indra | vṛtrāya | hantave
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 3.37.6 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“prize; Vāja; reward; reward; Ribhus; vigor; strength; contest.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“victorious.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“beg; solicit.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“Vṛtra; vṛtra [word].”
[verb noun]
“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.”