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 5.34.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
आ यः सोमे॑न ज॒ठर॒मपि॑प्र॒ताम॑न्दत म॒घवा॒ मध्वो॒ अन्ध॑सः । यदीं॑ मृ॒गाय॒ हन्त॑वे म॒हाव॑धः स॒हस्र॑भृष्टिमु॒शना॑ व॒धं यम॑त् ॥
आ यः सोमेन जठरमपिप्रतामन्दत मघवा मध्वो अन्धसः । यदीं मृगाय हन्तवे महावधः सहस्रभृष्टिमुशना वधं यमत् ॥
ā yaḥ somena jaṭharam apipratāmandata maghavā madhvo andhasaḥ | yad īm mṛgāya hantave mahāvadhaḥ sahasrabhṛṣṭim uśanā vadhaṃ yamat ||
English translation:
“Maghavan, who fills his belly with the Soma, to be exhilarated (by drinking) of the sweet-savoured beverage, whereupon he has lifted up his destructive thousand-edged weapon, desiring to slay (the asura) Mmṛga.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Thousand-edged: sahasra bhṛṣṭim = aparimita tejas, of unbounded lustre
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): saṃvaraṇaḥ prājāpatyaḥ [saṃvaraṇa prājāpatya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛjjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
आ । यः । सोमे॑न । ज॒ठर॑म् । अपि॑प्रत । अम॑न्दत । म॒घऽवा॑ । मध्वः॑ । अन्ध॑सः । यत् । ई॒म् । मृ॒गाय॑ । हन्त॑वे । म॒हाऽव॑धः । स॒हस्र॑ऽभृष्टिम् । उ॒शना॑ । व॒धम् । यम॑त् ॥
आ । यः । सोमेन । जठरम् । अपिप्रत । अमन्दत । मघवा । मध्वः । अन्धसः । यत् । ईम् । मृगाय । हन्तवे । महावधः । सहस्रभृष्टिम् । उशना । वधम् । यमत् ॥
ā | yaḥ | somena | jaṭharam | apiprata | amandata | magha-vā | madhvaḥ | andhasaḥ | yat | īm | mṛgāya | hantave | mahāvadhaḥ | sahasra-bhṛṣṭim | uśanā | vadham | yamat
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 5.34.2 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“abdomen; udara; Jaṭhara; edema; garbha; inside; stomach; belly.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“fill; elapse; pull back; fill; satisfy; bestow; meet; stuff; load; mix; complete.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“rejoice; exhilarate.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra; maghavan [word].”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“sweet; deft.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“Soma; drink; amṛta.”
[adverb]
“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”
[adverb]
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“game; deer; animal; antelope; mṛga [word]; Mṛgaśiras.”
[verb noun]
“kill; cure; māray; remove; destroy; hit; injure; damage; destroy; paralyze; hurt; forge; beat; cut off; stop; overwhelm; kick; hunt; affect; strike; hammer; love; obstruct; shoot.”
[noun]
“large; eminent; great; loud; dangerous; strong; long; high; much(a); mahant [word]; ample; very; great; adult; important; dark; high; abundant; violent; remarkable; mighty; big; long.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“killing; weapon; māraṇa; execution; destruction; vadh-; Vadha; dysfunction; punishment; kick.”
[noun], neuter
“thousand; one-thousandth; sahasra [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“spike.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Uśanas; Uśanas; uśanas [word]; Uśanas; Venus.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“killing; weapon; māraṇa; execution; destruction; vadh-; Vadha; dysfunction; punishment; kick.”
[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“concentrate; grant; restrain; cause; control; offer; cover; raise.”