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 6.23.10

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ए॒वेदिन्द्र॑: सु॒ते अ॑स्तावि॒ सोमे॑ भ॒रद्वा॑जेषु॒ क्षय॒दिन्म॒घोन॑: । अस॒द्यथा॑ जरि॒त्र उ॒त सू॒रिरिन्द्रो॑ रा॒यो वि॒श्ववा॑रस्य दा॒ता ॥
एवेदिन्द्रः सुते अस्तावि सोमे भरद्वाजेषु क्षयदिन्मघोनः । असद्यथा जरित्र उत सूरिरिन्द्रो रायो विश्ववारस्य दाता ॥
eved indraḥ sute astāvi some bharadvājeṣu kṣayad in maghonaḥ | asad yathā jaritra uta sūrir indro rāyo viśvavārasya dātā ||

English translation:

“Thus has Indra, the lord of the opulent, been glorified by the Bhaāradvājas, upon the libation being effused, that he may be th director of his eulogist (to virtue), that Indra may be the giver of all desirable riches.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bharadvājo bārhaspatyaḥ [bharadvāja bārhaspatya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ए॒व । इत् । इन्द्रः॑ । सु॒ते । अ॒स्ता॒वि॒ । सोमे॑ । भ॒रत्ऽवा॑जेषु । क्षय॑त् । इत् । म॒घोनः॑ । अस॑त् । यथा॑ । ज॒रि॒त्रे । उ॒त । सू॒रिः । इन्द्रः॑ । रा॒यः । वि॒श्वऽवा॑रस्य । दा॒ता ॥
एव । इत् । इन्द्रः । सुते । अस्तावि । सोमे । भरत्वाजेषु । क्षयत् । इत् । मघोनः । असत् । यथा । जरित्रे । उत । सूरिः । इन्द्रः । रायः । विश्ववारस्य । दाता ॥
eva | it | indraḥ | sute | astāvi | some | bharat-vājeṣu | kṣayat | it | maghonaḥ | asat | yathā | jaritre | uta | sūriḥ | indraḥ | rāyaḥ | viśva-vārasya | dātā

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 6.23.10 English analysis of grammar]

eved < eva

[adverb]

“indeed; merely; thus; even; surely; same; eva [word]; successively; immediately; in truth.”

eved < id

[adverb]

“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”

indraḥ < indra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

sute < su

[verb noun], locative, singular

“press out; su.”

astāvi < stu

[verb], singular, Aorist passive

“laud; praise; declare; stu.”

some < soma

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

bharadvājeṣu < bharadvāja

[noun], locative, plural, masculine

“Bharadvāja; Droṇa; Bharadvāja; skylark.”

kṣayad < kṣayat < kṣi

[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)

“govern; inhabit; dwell; stay; predominate; bide; own.”

in < id

[adverb]

“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”

maghonaḥ < maghavan

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“big.”

asad < asat < as

[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)

“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”

yathā

[adverb]

“equally; as; so that; like; how; yathā [word]; that; wherein.”

jaritra < jaritre < jaritṛ

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“singer.”

uta

[adverb]

“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”

sūrir < sūriḥ < sūri

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“patron.”

indro < indraḥ < indra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

rāyo < rāyaḥ < rai

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“wealth; possession; rai [word]; gold.”

viśvavārasya < viśva

[noun]

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

viśvavārasya < vārasya < vāra

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“treasure; choice.”

dātā <

[verb], singular, periphrast. future

“give; add; perform; put; administer; fill into; give; ignite; put on; offer; use; fuel; pour; grant; feed; teach; construct; insert; drip; wrap; pay; hand over; lend; inflict; concentrate; sacrifice; splint; poultice; create.”

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