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 4.17.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
भि॒नद्गि॒रिं शव॑सा॒ वज्र॑मि॒ष्णन्ना॑विष्कृण्वा॒नः स॑हसा॒न ओज॑: । वधी॑द्वृ॒त्रं वज्रे॑ण मन्दसा॒नः सर॒न्नापो॒ जव॑सा ह॒तवृ॑ष्णीः ॥
भिनद्गिरिं शवसा वज्रमिष्णन्नाविष्कृण्वानः सहसान ओजः । वधीद्वृत्रं वज्रेण मन्दसानः सरन्नापो जवसा हतवृष्णीः ॥
bhinad giriṃ śavasā vajram iṣṇann āviṣkṛṇvānaḥ sahasāna ojaḥ | vadhīd vṛtraṃ vajreṇa mandasānaḥ sarann āpo javasā hatavṛṣṇīḥ ||
English translation:
“The subduer of foes, manifesting his energy and hurling his thunderbolt, shattered the mountain by his strength; he slew Vṛtra with the thunderbolt, exulting, and the waters whose obstructor was destroyed rushed forth with rapidity.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vāmadevo gautamaḥ [vāmadeva gautama];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
भि॒नत् । गि॒रिम् । शव॑सा । वज्र॑म् । इ॒ष्णन् । आ॒विः॒ऽकृ॒ण्वा॒नः । स॒ह॒सा॒नः । ओजः॑ । वधी॑त् । वृ॒त्रम् । वज्रे॑ण । म॒न्द॒सा॒नः । सर॑न् । आपः॑ । जव॑सा । ह॒तऽवृ॑ष्णीः ॥
भिनत् । गिरिम् । शवसा । वज्रम् । इष्णन् । आविःकृण्वानः । सहसानः । ओजः । वधीत् । वृत्रम् । वज्रेण । मन्दसानः । सरन् । आपः । जवसा । हतवृष्णीः ॥
bhinat | girim | śavasā | vajram | iṣṇan | āviḥ-kṛṇvānaḥ | sahasānaḥ | ojaḥ | vadhīt | vṛtram | vajreṇa | mandasānaḥ | saran | āpaḥ | javasā | hata-vṛṣṇīḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 4.17.3 English analysis of grammar]
[verb], singular, Present injunctive
“break; incise; burst; divide; cut; cleave; destroy; cure; disturb; lance; break; distinguish; disclose; pierce; tear; separate; transgress; break open; scratch; penetrate; sever; bribe; grind; betray; fester; strike.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“mountain; adri; rock; giri [word]; hill; śilājatu.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“strength; power; superiority.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“vajra; Vajra; vajra; vajra; lightning; abhra; vajramūṣā; diamond; vajra [word]; vajrakapāṭa; vajra; vaikrānta.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“send.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“show; uncover.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“endure; overcome; habituate.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“strength; power; ojas; ojas [word]; potency; might.”
[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“kill; assail; kick; māray; destroy; beat.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Vṛtra; vṛtra [word].”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“vajra; Vajra; vajra; vajra; lightning; abhra; vajramūṣā; diamond; vajra [word]; vajrakapāṭa; vajra; vaikrānta.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“rejoice; exhilarate.”
[verb], plural, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“sṛ; liquefy; run; spread; stretch out.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“speed.”
[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.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“Vṛṣṇi; ram.”