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 6.20.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तूर्व॒न्नोजी॑यान्त॒वस॒स्तवी॑यान्कृ॒तब्र॒ह्मेन्द्रो॑ वृ॒द्धम॑हाः । राजा॑भव॒न्मधु॑नः सो॒म्यस्य॒ विश्वा॑सां॒ यत्पु॒रां द॒र्त्नुमाव॑त् ॥
तूर्वन्नोजीयान्तवसस्तवीयान्कृतब्रह्मेन्द्रो वृद्धमहाः । राजाभवन्मधुनः सोम्यस्य विश्वासां यत्पुरां दर्त्नुमावत् ॥
tūrvann ojīyān tavasas tavīyān kṛtabrahmendro vṛddhamahāḥ | rājābhavan madhunaḥ somyasya viśvāsāṃ yat purāṃ dartnum āvat ||
English translation:
“When Indra, the destroyer, the most mighty, the strongest of the strong, the giver of food, the possessor of vast splendour, received (the thunderbolt), the shatterer of all the cities (of the asuras), he became the lord of the sweet Soma.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bharadvājo bārhaspatyaḥ [bharadvāja bārhaspatya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): paṅktiḥ ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तूर्व॑न् । ओजी॑यान् । त॒वसः॑ । तवी॑यान् । कृ॒तऽब्र॑ह्मा । इन्द्रः॑ । वृ॒द्धऽम॑हाः । राजा॑ । अ॒भ॒व॒त् । मधु॑नः । सो॒म्यस्य॑ । विश्वा॑साम् । यत् । पु॒राम् । द॒र्त्नुम् । आव॑त् ॥
तूर्वन् । ओजीयान् । तवसः । तवीयान् । कृतब्रह्मा । इन्द्रः । वृद्धमहाः । राजा । अभवत् । मधुनः । सोम्यस्य । विश्वासाम् । यत् । पुराम् । दर्त्नुम् । आवत् ॥
tūrvan | ojīyān | tavasaḥ | tavīyān | kṛta-brahmā | indraḥ | vṛddha-mahāḥ | rājā | abhavat | madhunaḥ | somyasya | viśvāsām | yat | purām | datnurm | āvat
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 6.20.3 English analysis of grammar]
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“overpower.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“stronger.”
[noun], ablative, singular, masculine
“strong; energetic.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“stronger.”
[verb noun]
“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], nominative, singular, masculine
“brahman; mantra; prayer; spell; Veda; Brahmin; sacred text; final emancipation; hymn; brahman [word]; Brāhmaṇa; study.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[verb noun]
“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“greatness; festival; glory; reward; gladness.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“king; Kshatriya; rājan [word]; best; rājāvarta; Yakṣa.”
[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], genitive, singular, neuter
“honey; alcohol; sweet; nectar; madhu [word].”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“saumya.”
[noun], genitive, plural, feminine
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[adverb]
“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”
[noun], genitive, plural, feminine
“fortress; pur [word]; town; purā [indecl.]; mahant.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“support; help; prefer; prefer; like.”