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 5.31.10

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

वात॑स्य यु॒क्तान्त्सु॒युज॑श्चि॒दश्वा॑न्क॒विश्चि॑दे॒षो अ॑जगन्नव॒स्युः । विश्वे॑ ते॒ अत्र॑ म॒रुत॒: सखा॑य॒ इन्द्र॒ ब्रह्मा॑णि॒ तवि॑षीमवर्धन् ॥
वातस्य युक्तान्त्सुयुजश्चिदश्वान्कविश्चिदेषो अजगन्नवस्युः । विश्वे ते अत्र मरुतः सखाय इन्द्र ब्रह्माणि तविषीमवर्धन् ॥
vātasya yuktān suyujaś cid aśvān kaviś cid eṣo ajagann avasyuḥ | viśve te atra marutaḥ sakhāya indra brahmāṇi taviṣīm avardhan ||

English translation:

“The sage Avasyu has obtained docile horses, endowed (with the speed) of the wind; all your adorers, Indra, in this world, your friends, augment your vigour by their praises.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): amahīyuḥ;
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

वात॑स्य । यु॒क्तान् । सु॒ऽयुजः॑ । चि॒त् । अश्वा॑न् । क॒विः । चि॒त् । ए॒षः । अ॒ज॒ग॒न् । अ॒व॒स्युः । विश्वे॑ । ते॒ । अत्र॑ । म॒रुतः॑ । सखा॑यः । इन्द्र॑ । ब्रह्मा॑णि । तवि॑षीम् । अ॒व॒र्ध॒न् ॥
वातस्य । युक्तान् । सुयुजः । चित् । अश्वान् । कविः । चित् । एषः । अजगन् । अवस्युः । विश्वे । ते । अत्र । मरुतः । सखायः । इन्द्र । ब्रह्माणि । तविषीम् । अवर्धन् ॥
vātasya | yuktān | su-yujaḥ | cit | aśvān | kaviḥ | cit | eṣaḥ | ajagan | avasyuḥ | viśve | te | atra | marutaḥ | sakhāyaḥ | indra | brahmāṇi | taviṣīm | avardhan

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 5.31.10 English analysis of grammar]

vātasya < vāta

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“vāta; wind; fart; Vayu; air; draft; vāta [word]; Vāta; rheumatism; Marut.”

yuktān < yuj

[verb noun], accusative, plural

“mix; use; endow; yoke; accompany; to practice Yoga; connect; hire; administer; compound; affect; add; concentrate; unite; join; prosecute; combine; supply; compound; attach to; appoint; fill; process; mobilize; mount; complement; eat; join; treat; coincide; affect; challenge.”

suyujaś < su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

suyujaś < yujaḥ < yuj

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“ally; friend; pair; two; companion.”

cid < cit

[adverb]

“even; indeed.”

aśvān < aśva

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”

kaviś < kaviḥ < kavi

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“poet; wise man; bard; Venus; Uśanas; kavi [word]; Kavi; prophet; guru; Brahma.”

cid < cit

[adverb]

“even; indeed.”

eṣo < eṣaḥ < etad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); etad [word].”

ajagann < ajagan < gam

[verb], singular, Plusquamperfect

“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”

avasyuḥ < avasyu

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“seeking protection; helpless.”

viśve < viśva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

te < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

atra

[adverb]

“now; there; then; then; there; here; here; in the following; alternatively; now.”

marutaḥ < marut

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”

sakhāya < sakhāyaḥ < sakhi

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“friend; companion; sakhi [word].”

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

brahmāṇi < brahman

[noun], nominative, plural, neuter

“brahman; mantra; prayer; spell; Veda; Brahmin; sacred text; final emancipation; hymn; brahman [word]; Brāhmaṇa; study.”

taviṣīm < taviṣī

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“strength; power.”

avardhan < vṛdh

[verb], plural, Imperfect

“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”

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