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 4.41.11
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
आ नो॑ बृहन्ता बृह॒तीभि॑रू॒ती इन्द्र॑ या॒तं व॑रुण॒ वाज॑सातौ । यद्दि॒द्यव॒: पृत॑नासु प्र॒क्रीळा॒न्तस्य॑ वां स्याम सनि॒तार॑ आ॒जेः ॥
आ नो बृहन्ता बृहतीभिरूती इन्द्र यातं वरुण वाजसातौ । यद्दिद्यवः पृतनासु प्रक्रीळान्तस्य वां स्याम सनितार आजेः ॥
ā no bṛhantā bṛhatībhir ūtī indra yātaṃ varuṇa vājasātau | yad didyavaḥ pṛtanāsu prakrīḻān tasya vāṃ syāma sanitāra ājeḥ ||
English translation:
“Mighty Indra and Varuṇa, come to us in battle with (your) powerful protections, and where the bright (weapons) plural y amidst the (hostile) hosts, may we triumph in that conflict (through) your (favour).”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vāmadevo gautamaḥ [vāmadeva gautama];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indrāvaruṇau ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
आ । नः॒ । बृ॒ह॒न्ता॒ । बृ॒ह॒तीभिः॑ । ऊ॒ती । इन्द्र॑ । या॒तम् । व॒रु॒ण॒ । वाज॑ऽसातौ । यत् । दि॒द्यवः॑ । पृत॑नासु । प्र॒ऽक्रीळा॑न् । तस्य॑ । वाम् । स्या॒म॒ । स॒नि॒तारः॑ । ओ॒जः ॥
आ । नः । बृहन्ता । बृहतीभिः । ऊती । इन्द्र । यातम् । वरुण । वाजसातौ । यत् । दिद्यवः । पृतनासु । प्रक्रीळान् । तस्य । वाम् । स्याम । सनितारः । ओजः ॥
ā | naḥ | bṛhantā | bṛhatībhiḥ | ūtī | indra | yātam | varuṇa | vāja-sātau | yat | didyavaḥ | pṛtanāsu | pra-krīḷān | tasya | vām | syāma | sanitāraḥ | ojaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 4.41.11 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“large; great; loud; high; much(a); exalted; abundant; intensive; strong; huge.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“large; great; loud; high; much(a); exalted; abundant; intensive; strong; huge.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“aid; favor; ūti [word].”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[verb], dual, Present imperative
“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Varuna; varuṇa [word]; Crataeva religiosa Forst.; Varuṇa; varuṇādi.”
[noun], locative, singular, feminine
“victory; battle.”
[adverb]
“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“arrow; projectile.”
[noun], locative, plural, feminine
“army; battle; pṛtanā [word]; pṛtanā.”
[verb], plural, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], genitive, dual
“you.”
[verb], plural, Present optative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[verb], plural, periphrast. future
“win; get; gain.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“battle; fight; contest; āji [word]; combat.”