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 6.23.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सु॒त इत्त्वं निमि॑श्ल इन्द्र॒ सोमे॒ स्तोमे॒ ब्रह्म॑णि श॒स्यमा॑न उ॒क्थे । यद्वा॑ यु॒क्ताभ्यां॑ मघव॒न्हरि॑भ्यां॒ बिभ्र॒द्वज्रं॑ बा॒ह्वोरि॑न्द्र॒ यासि॑ ॥
सुत इत्त्वं निमिश्ल इन्द्र सोमे स्तोमे ब्रह्मणि शस्यमान उक्थे । यद्वा युक्ताभ्यां मघवन्हरिभ्यां बिभ्रद्वज्रं बाह्वोरिन्द्र यासि ॥
suta it tvaṃ nimiśla indra some stome brahmaṇi śasyamāna ukthe | yad vā yuktābhyām maghavan haribhyām bibhrad vajram bāhvor indra yāsi ||
English translation:
“Indra, when the Soma is being effused, the sacred hymn chanted, the prayer recited, be you prepared (to harness your horses), or, Maghavan, with your horses ready harnessed, come (hither), bearing the thunderbolt in your hand.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bharadvājo bārhaspatyaḥ [bharadvāja bārhaspatya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सु॒ते । इत् । त्वम् । निऽमि॑श्लः । इ॒न्द्र॒ । सोमे॑ । स्तोमे॑ । ब्रह्म॑णि । श॒स्यमा॑ने । उ॒क्थे । यत् । वा॒ । यु॒क्ताभ्या॑म् । म॒घ॒ऽव॒न् । हरि॑ऽभ्याम् । बिभ्र॑त् । वज्र॑म् । बा॒ह्वोः । इ॒न्द्र॒ । यासि॑ ॥
सुते । इत् । त्वम् । निमिश्लः । इन्द्र । सोमे । स्तोमे । ब्रह्मणि । शस्यमाने । उक्थे । यत् । वा । युक्ताभ्याम् । मघवन् । हरिभ्याम् । बिभ्रत् । वज्रम् । बाह्वोः । इन्द्र । यासि ॥
sute | it | tvam | ni-miślaḥ | indra | some | stome | brahmaṇi | śasyamāne | ukthe | yat | vā | yuktābhyām | magha-van | hari-bhyām | bibhrat | vajram | bāhvoḥ | indra | yāsi
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 6.23.1 English analysis of grammar]
[verb noun], locative, singular
“press out; su.”
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[noun], nominative, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“hymn; Stoma; stoma [word].”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“brahman; mantra; prayer; spell; Veda; Brahmin; sacred text; final emancipation; hymn; brahman [word]; Brāhmaṇa; study.”
[verb noun], locative, singular
“recommend; tell; praise; approve; communicate; recite; commend; bode; name; agree.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“hymn; praise; uktha [word]; encomium.”
[adverb]
“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”
[adverb]
“or; optionally; either.”
[verb noun], instrumental, dual
“mix; use; endow; yoke; accompany; to practice Yoga; connect; hire; administer; compound; affect; add; concentrate; unite; join; prosecute; combine; supply; compound; attach to; appoint; fill; process; mobilize; mount; complement; eat; join; treat; coincide; affect; challenge.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; maghavan [word].”
[noun], instrumental, dual, masculine
“Vishnu; monkey; Krishna; horse; lion; Indra; Hari; Surya; Hari; haritāla; Hari; snake; frog.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“bring; hold; fill; support; wear; possess; carry; nourish; keep; hire; have; satiate; follow; bear.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“vajra; Vajra; vajra; vajra; lightning; abhra; vajramūṣā; diamond; vajra [word]; vajrakapāṭa; vajra; vaikrānta.”
[noun], locative, dual, masculine
“arm; bāhu [word]; elbow; forefoot.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”