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 5.38.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यदी॑मिन्द्र श्र॒वाय्य॒मिषं॑ शविष्ठ दधि॒षे । प॒प्र॒थे दी॑र्घ॒श्रुत्त॑मं॒ हिर॑ण्यवर्ण दु॒ष्टर॑म् ॥
यदीमिन्द्र श्रवाय्यमिषं शविष्ठ दधिषे । पप्रथे दीर्घश्रुत्तमं हिरण्यवर्ण दुष्टरम् ॥
yad īm indra śravāyyam iṣaṃ śaviṣṭha dadhiṣe | paprathe dīrghaśruttamaṃ hiraṇyavarṇa duṣṭaram ||

English translation:

“Although, most mighty Indra, you possess well-known abundance (of food), yet golden-hued (deity) it is most notoriously reported as difficult(to be procured).”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): atriḥ [atri];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdanuṣṭup;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यत् । ई॒म् । इ॒न्द्र॒ । श्र॒वाय्य॑म् । इष॑म् । श॒वि॒ष्ठ॒ । द॒धि॒षे । प॒प्र॒थे । दी॒र्घ॒श्रुत्ऽत॑मम् । हिर॑ण्यऽवर्ण । दु॒स्तर॑म् ॥
यत् । ईम् । इन्द्र । श्रवाय्यम् । इषम् । शविष्ठ । दधिषे । पप्रथे । दीर्घश्रुत्तमम् । हिरण्यवर्ण । दुस्तरम् ॥
yat | īm | indra | śravāyyam | iṣam | śaviṣṭha | dadhiṣe | paprathe | dīrghaśrut-tamam | hiraṇya-varṇa | dustaram

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 5.38.2 English analysis of grammar]

yad < yat < yad

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

īm < īṃ

[adverb]

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

śravāyyam < śravāyya

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“celebrated.”

iṣaṃ < iṣam < iṣ

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“refreshment; enjoyment; stores.”

śaviṣṭha

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“mighty.”

dadhiṣe < dhā

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”

paprathe < prath

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“be known; expand; expand; boom.”

dīrghaśruttamaṃ < dīrghaśruttamam < dīrghaśruttama

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

hiraṇyavarṇa < hiraṇya

[noun]

“aureate; gold.”

hiraṇyavarṇa < varṇa

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“color; caste; complexion; vowel; varṇa [word]; vowel; syllable; appearance; Karat; people; beauty; varṇa; gold; color; complexion.”

duṣṭaram < duṣṭara

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“incomparable; irresistible; unbearable; unconquerable.”

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