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 3.46.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
म॒हाँ अ॑सि महिष॒ वृष्ण्ये॑भिर्धन॒स्पृदु॑ग्र॒ सह॑मानो अ॒न्यान् । एको॒ विश्व॑स्य॒ भुव॑नस्य॒ राजा॒ स यो॒धया॑ च क्ष॒यया॑ च॒ जना॑न् ॥
महाँ असि महिष वृष्ण्येभिर्धनस्पृदुग्र सहमानो अन्यान् । एको विश्वस्य भुवनस्य राजा स योधया च क्षयया च जनान् ॥
mahām̐ asi mahiṣa vṛṣṇyebhir dhanaspṛd ugra sahamāno anyān | eko viśvasya bhuvanasya rājā sa yodhayā ca kṣayayā ca janān ||
English translation:
“Adorable and powerful Indra, you are great and magnificent, overcoming adversaries by your prowess; you alone are lord of all the world; do you war (upon our enemies), and give safe dwellings to men.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gopavana ātreyaḥ saptavadhrirvā [gopavana ātreya saptavadhrirvā];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
म॒हान् । अ॒सि॒ । म॒हि॒ष॒ । वृष्ण्ये॑भिः । ध॒न॒ऽस्पृत् । उ॒ग्र॒ । सह॑मानः । अ॒न्यान् । एकः॑ । विश्व॑स्य । भुव॑नस्य । राजा॑ । सः । यो॒धया॑ । च॒ । क्ष॒यया॑ । च॒ । जना॑न् ॥
महान् । असि । महिष । वृष्ण्येभिः । धनस्पृत् । उग्र । सहमानः । अन्यान् । एकः । विश्वस्य । भुवनस्य । राजा । सः । योधया । च । क्षयया । च । जनान् ॥
mahān | asi | mahiṣa | vṛṣṇyebhiḥ | dhana-spṛt | ugra | sahamānaḥ | anyān | ekaḥ | viśvasya | bhuvanasya | rājā | saḥ | yodhayā | ca | kṣayayā | ca | janān
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 3.46.2 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“large; eminent; great; loud; dangerous; strong; long; high; much(a); mahant [word]; ample; very; great; adult; important; dark; high; abundant; violent; remarkable; mighty; big; long.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Old World buffalo; Mahiṣa; Mahiṣa.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter
“manfulness; virility.”
[noun], neuter
“wealth; property; money; treasure; prize; dhana [word]; valuable; dhan; capital; fight.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“victorious; protecting.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“powerful; awful; dangerous; intense; mighty; potent; colicky; atrocious.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“endure; overcome; habituate.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“other; another(a); remaining; different; anya [word]; other than; more(a); fresh; any(a).”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“one; single(a); alone(p); some(a); single(a); eka [word]; alone(p); excellent; each(a); some(a); one; same; alone(p); some(a); consistent; any(a); undifferentiated; disjunct.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“Earth; being; world; bhuvana [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“king; Kshatriya; rājan [word]; best; rājāvarta; Yakṣa.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“fight; equal.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“people; national; man; relative; jan; Janaloka; person; jana [word]; man; attendant; Jana; foreigner; inhabitant; group.”