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 5.33.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

स त्वं न॑ इन्द्र धियसा॒नो अ॒र्कैर्हरी॑णां वृष॒न्योक्त्र॑मश्रेः । या इ॒त्था म॑घव॒न्ननु॒ जोषं॒ वक्षो॑ अ॒भि प्रार्यः स॑क्षि॒ जना॑न् ॥
स त्वं न इन्द्र धियसानो अर्कैर्हरीणां वृषन्योक्त्रमश्रेः । या इत्था मघवन्ननु जोषं वक्षो अभि प्रार्यः सक्षि जनान् ॥
sa tvaṃ na indra dhiyasāno arkair harīṇāṃ vṛṣan yoktram aśreḥ | yā itthā maghavann anu joṣaṃ vakṣo abhi prāryaḥ sakṣi janān ||

English translation:

“You, Indra, meditating upon us, fasten the traces of yourborses, (incited), showerer (of benefits), by those praises in which you have suitable delight, and do you therefore overcome (for us) hostile men.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): saṃvaraṇaḥ prājāpatyaḥ [saṃvaraṇa prājāpatya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): paṅktiḥ ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सः । त्वम् । नः॒ । इ॒न्द्र॒ । धि॒य॒सा॒नः । अ॒र्कैः । हरी॑णाम् । वृ॒ष॒न् । योक्त्र॑म् । अ॒श्रेः॒ । याः । इ॒त्था । म॒घ॒ऽव॒न् । अनु॑ । जोष॑म् । वक्षः॑ । अ॒भि । प्र । अ॒र्यः । स॒क्षि॒ । जना॑न् ॥
सः । त्वम् । नः । इन्द्र । धियसानः । अर्कैः । हरीणाम् । वृषन् । योक्त्रम् । अश्रेः । याः । इत्था । मघवन् । अनु । जोषम् । वक्षः । अभि । प्र । अर्यः । सक्षि । जनान् ॥
saḥ | tvam | naḥ | indra | dhiyasānaḥ | arkaiḥ | harīṇām | vṛṣan | yoktram | aśreḥ | yāḥ | itthā | magha-van | anu | joṣam | vakṣaḥ | abhi | pra | aryaḥ | sakṣi | janān

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 5.33.2 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.”

tvaṃ < tvam < tvad

[noun], nominative, singular

“you.”

na < naḥ < mad

[noun], genitive, plural

“I; mine.”

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

dhiyasāno < dhiyasānaḥ < dhiyasāna

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“attentive.”

arkair < arkaiḥ < arka

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sun; copper; Surya; hymn; twelve; fire; beam.”

harīṇāṃ < harīṇām < hari

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“Vishnu; monkey; Krishna; horse; lion; Indra; Hari; Surya; Hari; haritāla; Hari; snake; frog.”

vṛṣan

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“bull; Indra; stallion; Vṛṣan; man.”

yoktram < yoktra

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

aśreḥ < śri

[verb], singular, Root aorist (Ind.)

“situate; dwell; go; lurk; reach; rear; repose; cling to.”

< yāḥ <

[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)

“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”

itthā

[adverb]

“thus; here.”

maghavann < maghavan

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Indra; maghavan [word].”

anu

[adverb]

“subsequently; behind; along; towards; because.”

joṣaṃ < joṣam < joṣa

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

vakṣo < vakṣaḥ < vah

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

“transport; bring; marry; run; drive; vāhay; drive; run; pull; nirvāpay; blow; transport; discharge; assume; remove.”

abhi

[adverb]

“towards; on.”

prāryaḥ < pra

[adverb]

“towards; ahead.”

prāryaḥ < aryaḥ < ari

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

sakṣi < sah

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

“endure; overcome; habituate.”

janān < jana

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

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

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