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 4.31.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सं यत्त॑ इन्द्र म॒न्यव॒: सं च॒क्राणि॑ दधन्वि॒रे । अध॒ त्वे अध॒ सूर्ये॑ ॥
सं यत्त इन्द्र मन्यवः सं चक्राणि दधन्विरे । अध त्वे अध सूर्ये ॥
saṃ yat ta indra manyavaḥ saṃ cakrāṇi dadhanvire | adha tve adha sūrye ||

English translation:

“When you praises, and these sacred rites, Indra, are addressed to you, they first belong to you and next to Sūrya.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सम् । यत् । ते॒ । इ॒न्द्र॒ । म॒न्यवः॑ । सम् । च॒क्राणि॑ । द॒ध॒न्वि॒रे । अध॑ । त्वे इति॑ । अध॑ । सूर्ये॑ ॥
सम् । यत् । ते । इन्द्र । मन्यवः । सम् । चक्राणि । दधन्विरे । अध । त्वे इति । अध । सूर्ये ॥
sam | yat | te | indra | manyavaḥ | sam | cakrāṇi | dadhanvire | adha | tve iti | adha | sūrye

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 4.31.6 English analysis of grammar]

saṃ < sam

[adverb]

“sam; together; together; saṃ.”

yat

[adverb]

“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”

ta < te < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

manyavaḥ < manyu

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“anger; fury; rage; wrath.”

saṃ < sam

[adverb]

“sam; together; together; saṃ.”

cakrāṇi < cakra

[noun], nominative, plural, neuter

“wheel; Cakra; discus; army; cakra; oil mill; cakrikā; cakra; group.”

dadhanvire < dhanv

[verb], plural, Perfect indicative

“run.”

adha

[adverb]

“then; and; therefore; now.”

tve < tvad

[noun], locative, singular

“you.”

adha

[adverb]

“then; and; therefore; now.”

sūrye < sūrya

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”

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