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 5.35.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यस्ते॒ साधि॒ष्ठोऽव॑स॒ इन्द्र॒ क्रतु॒ष्टमा भ॑र । अ॒स्मभ्यं॑ चर्षणी॒सहं॒ सस्निं॒ वाजे॑षु दु॒ष्टर॑म् ॥
यस्ते साधिष्ठोऽवस इन्द्र क्रतुष्टमा भर । अस्मभ्यं चर्षणीसहं सस्निं वाजेषु दुष्टरम् ॥
yas te sādhiṣṭho 'vasa indra kratuṣ ṭam ā bhara | asmabhyaṃ carṣaṇīsahaṃ sasniṃ vājeṣu duṣṭaram ||
English translation:
“Perfect for our protection, Indra, that your act which is most effective, which is the subduer of men, holy, and difficult to be encountered in battles.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): prabhūvasurāṅgirasaḥ [prabhūvasurāṅgirasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdanuṣṭup;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यः । ते॒ । साधि॑ष्ठः । अव॑से । इन्द्र॑ । क्रतुः॑ । टम् । आ । भ॒र॒ । अ॒स्मभ्य॑म् । च॒र्ष॒णि॒ऽसह॑म् । सस्नि॑म् । वाजे॑षु । दु॒स्तर॑म् ॥
यः । ते । साधिष्ठः । अवसे । इन्द्र । क्रतुः । टम् । आ । भर । अस्मभ्यम् । चर्षणिसहम् । सस्निम् । वाजेषु । दुस्तरम् ॥
yaḥ | te | sādhiṣṭhaḥ | avase | indra | kratuḥ | ṭam | ā | bhara | asmabhyam | carṣaṇ i-saham | sasnim | vājeṣu | dustaram
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 5.35.1 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[verb noun]
“support; help; prefer; prefer; like.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“yajña; decision; plan; deliberation; intelligence; Kratu; will; kratu [word]; desire; resoluteness; ritual.”
[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.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“bring; hold; fill; support; wear; possess; carry; nourish; keep; hire; have; satiate; follow; bear.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], feminine
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“victorious.”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“prize; Vāja; reward; reward; Ribhus; vigor; strength; contest.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“incomparable; irresistible; unbearable; unconquerable.”