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 4.24.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

स वृ॑त्र॒हत्ये॒ हव्य॒: स ईड्य॒: स सुष्टु॑त॒ इन्द्र॑: स॒त्यरा॑धाः । स याम॒न्ना म॒घवा॒ मर्त्या॑य ब्रह्मण्य॒ते सुष्व॑ये॒ वरि॑वो धात् ॥
स वृत्रहत्ये हव्यः स ईड्यः स सुष्टुत इन्द्रः सत्यराधाः । स यामन्ना मघवा मर्त्याय ब्रह्मण्यते सुष्वये वरिवो धात् ॥
sa vṛtrahatye havyaḥ sa īḍyaḥ sa suṣṭuta indraḥ satyarādhāḥ | sa yāmann ā maghavā martyāya brahmaṇyate suṣvaye varivo dhāt ||

English translation:

“He, Indra, is to be invoked for the destruction of Vṛtra; he, the deservedly praised, is to be worshipped; the real donor of wealth, he, Maghavan, gives wealth, (acquired) in battle, to the mortal offers him prayer and libations.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vāmadevo gautamaḥ [vāmadeva gautama];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): bhurikpaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सः । वृ॒त्र॒ऽहत्ये॑ । हव्यः॑ । सः । ईड्यः॑ । सः । सुऽस्तु॑तः । इन्द्रः॑ । स॒त्यऽरा॑धाः । सः । याम॑न् । आ । म॒घऽवा॑ । मर्त्या॑य । ब्र॒ह्म॒ण्य॒ते । सुष्व॑ये । वरि॑वः । धा॒त् ॥
सः । वृत्रहत्ये । हव्यः । सः । ईड्यः । सः । सुस्तुतः । इन्द्रः । सत्यराधाः । सः । यामन् । आ । मघवा । मर्त्याय । ब्रह्मण्यते । सुष्वये । वरिवः । धात् ॥
saḥ | vṛtra-hatye | havyaḥ | saḥ | īḍyaḥ | saḥ | su-stutaḥ | indraḥ | satya-rādhāḥ | saḥ | yāman | ā | magha-vā | martyāya | brahmaṇyate | suṣvaye | var ivaḥ | dhāt

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 4.24.2 English analysis of grammar]

sa < tad

[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.”

vṛtrahatye < vṛtra

[noun], masculine

“Vṛtra; vṛtra [word].”

vṛtrahatye < hatye < hatya

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“killing.”

havyaḥ < hvā

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“raise; call on; call; summon.”

sa < saḥ < tad

[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.”

īḍyaḥ < īḍ

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“praise; invite; raise.”

sa < tad

[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.”

suṣṭuta < suṣṭutaḥ < suṣṭuta

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

indraḥ < indra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

satyarādhāḥ < satya

[noun]

“true; real; real; faithful; good.”

satyarādhāḥ < rādhāḥ < rādhas

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“gift; munificence; liberality; bounty.”

sa < tad

[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.”

yāmann < yāman

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“expedition; path; expedition; arrival.”

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

maghavā < maghavan

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Indra; maghavan [word].”

martyāya < martya

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“man; people; martya [word]; Earth.”

brahmaṇyate < brahmaṇy

[verb noun], dative, singular

suṣvaye < suṣvi

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

varivo < varivaḥ < varivas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“room; varivas [word]; space; escape.”

dhāt < dhā

[verb], singular, Aorist conj./subj.

“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”

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