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 3.42.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वि॒द्मा हि त्वा॑ धनंज॒यं वाजे॑षु दधृ॒षं क॑वे । अधा॑ ते सु॒म्नमी॑महे ॥
विद्मा हि त्वा धनंजयं वाजेषु दधृषं कवे । अधा ते सुम्नमीमहे ॥
vidmā hi tvā dhanaṃjayaṃ vājeṣu dadhṛṣaṃ kave | adhā te sumnam īmahe ||
English translation:
“Far-seeing Indra, we know you to be victorious and winner of wealth in battles; therefore we ask of you riches.”
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]:
वि॒द्म । हि । त्वा॒ । ध॒न॒म्ऽज॒यम् । वाजे॑षु । द॒धृ॒षम् । क॒वे॒ । अध॑ । ते॒ । सु॒म्नम् । ई॒म॒हे॒ ॥
विद्म । हि । त्वा । धनम्जयम् । वाजेषु । दधृषम् । कवे । अध । ते । सुम्नम् । ईमहे ॥
vidma | hi | tvā | dhanam-jayam | vājeṣu | dadhṛṣam | kave | adha | te | sumnam | īmahe
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 3.42.6 English analysis of grammar]
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“know; diagnose; perceive; know; accord; notice; deem; mind; learn; specify; watch; recognize; detect; call.”
[adverb]
“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“prize; Vāja; reward; reward; Ribhus; vigor; strength; contest.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“audacious; dadhṛṣ [word].”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“poet; wise man; bard; Venus; Uśanas; kavi [word]; Kavi; prophet; guru; Brahma.”
[adverb]
“then; and; therefore; now.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“favor; benevolence; sumna [word]; entreaty; favor.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“beg; solicit.”