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 5.32.11

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

एकं॒ नु त्वा॒ सत्प॑तिं॒ पाञ्च॑जन्यं जा॒तं शृ॑णोमि य॒शसं॒ जने॑षु । तं मे॑ जगृभ्र आ॒शसो॒ नवि॑ष्ठं दो॒षा वस्तो॒र्हव॑मानास॒ इन्द्र॑म् ॥
एकं नु त्वा सत्पतिं पाञ्चजन्यं जातं शृणोमि यशसं जनेषु । तं मे जगृभ्र आशसो नविष्ठं दोषा वस्तोर्हवमानास इन्द्रम् ॥
ekaṃ nu tvā satpatim pāñcajanyaṃ jātaṃ śṛṇomi yaśasaṃ janeṣu | tam me jagṛbhra āśaso naviṣṭhaṃ doṣā vastor havamānāsa indram ||

English translation:

“Verily I hear you as chief among men, the protector of the good, friendly to the five classes of beings, the begotten, the renowned; may my (progeny), representing (their wishes), and uttering, his praises night and day, propitiates the glorified Indra.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

एक॒म् । नु । त्वा॒ । सत्ऽप॑तिम् । पाञ्च॑ऽजन्यम् । जा॒तम् । शृ॒णो॒मि॒ । य॒शस॑म् । जने॑षु । तम् । मे॒ । ज॒गृ॒भ्रे॒ । आ॒ऽशसः॑ । नवि॑ष्ठम् । दो॒षा । वस्तोः॑ । हव॑मानासः । इन्द्र॑म् ॥
एकम् । नु । त्वा । सत्पतिम् । पाञ्चजन्यम् । जातम् । शृणोमि । यशसम् । जनेषु । तम् । मे । जगृभ्रे । आशसः । नविष्ठम् । दोषा । वस्तोः । हवमानासः । इन्द्रम् ॥
ekam | nu | tvā | sat-patim | pāñca-janyam | jātam | śṛṇomi | yaśasam | janeṣu | tam | me | jagṛbhre | āśasaḥ | naviṣṭham | doṣā | vastoḥ | havamānāsaḥ | indram

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 5.32.11 English analysis of grammar]

ekaṃ < ekam < eka

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“one; single(a); alone(p); some(a); single(a); eka [word]; alone(p); excellent; each(a); some(a); one; same; alone(p); some(a); consistent; any(a); undifferentiated; disjunct.”

nu

[adverb]

“now; already.”

tvā < tvad

[noun], accusative, singular

“you.”

satpatim < sat

[noun]

“good; good; real; existent; virtuous; sat [prefix]; real.”

satpatim < patim < pati

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“husband; overlord; king; deity; īśvara; ruler; pati [word]; commanding officer; leader; owner; mayor; lord.”

pāñcajanyaṃ < pāñcajanyam < pāñcajanya

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“worldwide.”

jātaṃ < jātam < jan

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”

śṛṇomi < śru

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“listen; come to know; hear; hear; listen; study; heed; learn.”

yaśasaṃ < yaśasam < yaśas

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“esteemed; celebrated; glorious; honorable.”

janeṣu < jana

[noun], locative, plural, masculine

“people; national; man; relative; jan; Janaloka; person; jana [word]; man; attendant; Jana; foreigner; inhabitant; group.”

tam < tad

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

me < mad

[noun], genitive, singular

“I; mine.”

jagṛbhra < jagṛbhre < grah

[verb], plural, Perfect indicative

“take; grasp; take out; extract; perceive; pick; assume; include; accept; understand; use; learn; possess; keep; choose; accept; afflict; suck; paralyze; mention; mistake; eat; wear; embrace; fill into; capture; eclipse; get; collect; hand down; marry; heed; touch.”

āśaso < āśasaḥ < āśas

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

naviṣṭhaṃ < naviṣṭham < naviṣṭha

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“late(a).”

doṣā

[adverb]

“in the evening.”

vastor < vastoḥ < vastu

[noun], genitive, singular, feminine

“dawn.”

havamānāsa < havamānāsaḥ < hvā

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“raise; call on; call; summon.”

indram < indra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

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