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 3.37.7

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

द्यु॒म्नेषु॑ पृत॒नाज्ये॑ पृत्सु॒तूर्षु॒ श्रव॑स्सु च । इन्द्र॒ साक्ष्वा॒भिमा॑तिषु ॥
द्युम्नेषु पृतनाज्ये पृत्सुतूर्षु श्रवस्सु च । इन्द्र साक्ष्वाभिमातिषु ॥
dyumneṣu pṛtanājye pṛtsutūrṣu śravassu ca | indra sākṣvābhimātiṣu ||

English translation:

“Overcome, Indra, those who are adverse to us in riches, in battle, in hostile hosts, in strength.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

द्यु॒म्नेषु॑ । पृ॒त॒नाज्ये॑ । पृ॒त्सु॒तूर्षु॑ । श्रवः॑ऽसु । च॒ । इन्द्र॑ । साक्ष्व॑ । अ॒भिऽमा॑तिषु ॥
द्युम्नेषु । पृतनाज्ये । पृत्सुतूर्षु । श्रवःसु । च । इन्द्र । साक्ष्व । अभिमातिषु ॥
dyumneṣu | pṛtanājye | pṛtsutūrṣu | śravaḥ-su | ca | indra | sākṣva | abhi-mātiṣu

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 3.37.7 English analysis of grammar]

dyumneṣu < dyumna

[noun], locative, plural, neuter

“magnificence.”

pṛtanājye < pṛtanājya

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“fight; combat.”

pṛtsutūrṣu < pṛtsutur

[noun], locative, plural, neuter

śravassu < śravas

[noun], locative, plural, neuter

“fame; glory; ear.”

ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

sākṣvābhimātiṣu < sākṣva < sah

[verb], singular, Aorist imperative

“endure; overcome; habituate.”

sākṣvābhimātiṣu < abhimātiṣu < abhimāti

[noun], locative, plural, feminine

“aggression; hostility.”

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