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 6.18.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स हि धी॒भिर्हव्यो॒ अस्त्यु॒ग्र ई॑शान॒कृन्म॑ह॒ति वृ॑त्र॒तूर्ये॑ । स तो॒कसा॑ता॒ तन॑ये॒ स व॒ज्री वि॑तन्त॒साय्यो॑ अभवत्स॒मत्सु॑ ॥
स हि धीभिर्हव्यो अस्त्युग्र ईशानकृन्महति वृत्रतूर्ये । स तोकसाता तनये स वज्री वितन्तसाय्यो अभवत्समत्सु ॥
sa hi dhībhir havyo asty ugra īśānakṛn mahati vṛtratūrye | sa tokasātā tanaye sa vajrī vitantasāyyo abhavat samatsu ||
English translation:
“Fierce Indra, maker of rules you are he who is to be invoked with praise in a great conflict; you are he (who is to be invoked) for sons and grandsons, he, the wielder of the thunderbolt, who is to be especially glorified in battles.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bharadvājo bārhaspatyaḥ [bharadvāja bārhaspatya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): brāhmyuṣnik;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सः । हि । धी॒भिः । हव्यः॑ । अस्ति॑ । उ॒ग्रः । ई॒शा॒न॒ऽकृत् । म॒ह॒ति । वृ॒त्र॒ऽतूर्ये॑ । सः । तो॒कऽसा॑ता । तन॑ये । सः । व॒ज्री । वि॒त॒न्त॒साय्यः॑ । अ॒भ॒व॒त् । स॒मत्ऽसु॑ ॥
सः । हि । धीभिः । हव्यः । अस्ति । उग्रः । ईशानकृत् । महति । वृत्रतूर्ये । सः । तोकसाता । तनये । सः । वज्री । वितन्तसाय्यः । अभवत् । समत्सु ॥
saḥ | hi | dhībhiḥ | havyaḥ | asti | ugraḥ | īśāna-kṛt | mahati | vṛtra-tūrye | saḥ | toka-sātā | tanaye | saḥ | vajrī | vitantasāyyaḥ | abhavat | samat-su
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 6.18.6 English analysis of grammar]
[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.”
[adverb]
“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“intelligence; prayer; mind; insight; idea; hymn; purpose; art; knowledge.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“sacrifice; offer; pour; worship.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“powerful; awful; dangerous; intense; mighty; potent; colicky; atrocious.”
[noun], masculine
“Shiva; Īśāna; ruler; Vishnu; īśvara; overlord.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“causing; making; performing; promotive; producing; doing; acting; writing; transforming; effecting.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“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], locative, singular, neuter
“battle.”
[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.”
[noun], neuter
“offspring.”
[noun], locative, singular, feminine
“victory; acquisition; contest.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“child; descendants.”
[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.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra; vajra; Euphorbia neriifolia L.; abhra; Buddha.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“conflict; strife.”