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 6.19.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
म॒हाँ इन्द्रो॑ नृ॒वदा च॑र्षणि॒प्रा उ॒त द्वि॒बर्हा॑ अमि॒नः सहो॑भिः । अ॒स्म॒द्र्य॑ग्वावृधे वी॒र्या॑यो॒रुः पृ॒थुः सुकृ॑तः क॒र्तृभि॑र्भूत् ॥
महाँ इन्द्रो नृवदा चर्षणिप्रा उत द्विबर्हा अमिनः सहोभिः । अस्मद्र्यग्वावृधे वीर्यायोरुः पृथुः सुकृतः कर्तृभिर्भूत् ॥
mahām̐ indro nṛvad ā carṣaṇiprā uta dvibarhā aminaḥ sahobhiḥ | asmadryag vāvṛdhe vīryāyoruḥ pṛthuḥ sukṛtaḥ kartṛbhir bhūt ||
English translation:
“May the great Indra, who is as a monarch the fulfiller (of the desires) of men, come hither; may he who is mighty over the two (realms of space), uninjurable by (hostile) offers, increase (in capacity) for heroism in our presence; may he who is great (in body), eminent (in qualities), be honoured by the performers (of pious acts).”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bharadvājo bārhaspatyaḥ [bharadvāja bārhaspatya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): bhurikpaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
म॒हान् । इन्द्रः॑ । नृ॒ऽवत् । आ । च॒र्ष॒णि॒ऽप्राः । उ॒त । द्वि॒ऽबर्हाः॑ । अ॒मि॒नः । सहः॑ऽभिः । अ॒स्म॒द्र्य॑क् । व॒वृ॒धे॒ । वी॒र्या॑य । उ॒रुः । पृ॒थुः । सुऽकृ॑तः । क॒र्तृऽभिः॑ । भू॒त् ॥
महान् । इन्द्रः । नृवत् । आ । चर्षणिप्राः । उत । द्विबर्हाः । अमिनः । सहःभिः । अस्मद्र्यक् । ववृधे । वीर्याय । उरुः । पृथुः । सुकृतः । कर्तृभिः । भूत् ॥
mahān | indraḥ | nṛ-vat | ā | carṣaṇi-prāḥ | uta | dvi-barhāḥ | aminaḥ | sahaḥ-bhiḥ | asmadryak | vavṛdhe | vīryāya | uruḥ | pṛthuḥ | su-kṛtaḥ | kartṛ-bhiḥ | bhūt
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 6.19.1 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“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
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], masculine
“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”
[adverb]
“equally; like.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], feminine
“people.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“appreciated.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“double.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“undiminished.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter
“force; strength; might; sahas [word]; conquest.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”
[noun], dative, singular, neuter
“potency; vīrya; heroism; potency; strength; semen; power; deed; active agent; efficacy; vīryapāramitā; gold; vigor; vīrya [word]; virility; manfulness; jewel; force.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“wide; broad; great; uru [word]; much(a); excellent.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“broad; wide; great; flat; pṛthu [word]; far.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“agens; actor; creator; active voice; kartṛ [word]; reflexivity; writer; subject.”
[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“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.”