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 3.44.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इन्द्रो॑ ह॒र्यन्त॒मर्जु॑नं॒ वज्रं॑ शु॒क्रैर॒भीवृ॑तम् । अपा॑वृणो॒द्धरि॑भि॒रद्रि॑भिः सु॒तमुद्गा हरि॑भिराजत ॥
इन्द्रो हर्यन्तमर्जुनं वज्रं शुक्रैरभीवृतम् । अपावृणोद्धरिभिरद्रिभिः सुतमुद्गा हरिभिराजत ॥
indro haryantam arjunaṃ vajraṃ śukrair abhīvṛtam | apāvṛṇod dharibhir adribhiḥ sutam ud gā haribhir ājata ||
English translation:
“Indra has uncovered the desirable white-coloured, fast-flowing Soma, effused by the expressing stones, and overlaid with the shining (milk and other liquids), in like manner as when, borne by his tawny steeds, he rescued the cattle.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Indra discovers or uncovers the hidden Soma; this act was ascribed to Pūṣan in another text
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gopavana ātreyaḥ saptavadhrirvā [gopavana ātreya saptavadhrirvā];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): bṛhatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इन्द्रः॑ । ह॒र्यन्त॑म् । अर्जु॑नम् । वज्र॑म् । शु॒क्रैः । अ॒भिऽवृ॑तम् । अप॑ । अ॒वृ॒णो॒त् । हरि॑ऽभिः । अद्रि॑ऽभिः । सु॒तम् । उत् । गाः । हरि॑ऽभिः । आ॒ज॒त॒ ॥
इन्द्रः । हर्यन्तम् । अर्जुनम् । वज्रम् । शुक्रैः । अभिवृतम् । अप । अवृणोत् । हरिभिः । अद्रिभिः । सुतम् । उत् । गाः । हरिभिः । आजत ॥
indraḥ | haryantam | arjunam | vajram | śukraiḥ | abhi-vṛtam | apa | avṛṇot | hari-bhiḥ | adri-bhiḥ | sutam | ut | gāḥ | hari-bhiḥ | ājata
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 3.44.5 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“delight.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“white; clean; light.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“vajra; Vajra; vajra; vajra; lightning; abhra; vajramūṣā; diamond; vajra [word]; vajrakapāṭa; vajra; vaikrānta.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“bright; clear; white; light; pure.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“cover.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“open; gape.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“reddish brown; yellow; pale; yellow; aureate.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“mountain; rock; seven; stone; adri; grindstone; adri; rock.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“press out; su.”
[adverb]
“up.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“Vishnu; monkey; Krishna; horse; lion; Indra; Hari; Surya; Hari; haritāla; Hari; snake; frog.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect