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 6.25.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आभि॒: स्पृधो॑ मिथ॒तीररि॑षण्यन्न॒मित्र॑स्य व्यथया म॒न्युमि॑न्द्र । आभि॒र्विश्वा॑ अभि॒युजो॒ विषू॑ची॒रार्या॑य॒ विशोऽव॑ तारी॒र्दासी॑: ॥
आभिः स्पृधो मिथतीररिषण्यन्नमित्रस्य व्यथया मन्युमिन्द्र । आभिर्विश्वा अभियुजो विषूचीरार्याय विशोऽव तारीर्दासीः ॥
ābhiḥ spṛdho mithatīr ariṣaṇyann amitrasya vyathayā manyum indra | ābhir viśvā abhiyujo viṣūcīr āryāya viśo 'va tārīr dāsīḥ ||

English translation:

“(Induced) by these (praises), protecting our assailing host, baffle, Indra, the wrath of the enemy; (induced) by them, overthrow, on the part of the Ārya, all the servile people everywhere abiding.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आभिः॑ । स्पृधः॑ । मि॒थ॒तीः । अरि॑षण्यन् । अ॒मित्र॑स्य । व्य॒थ॒य॒ । म॒न्युम् । इ॒न्द्र॒ । आभिः॑ । विश्वाः॑ । अ॒भि॒ऽयुजः॑ । विषू॑चीः । आर्या॑य । विशः॑ । अव॑ । ता॒रीः॒ । दासीः॑ ॥
आभिः । स्पृधः । मिथतीः । अरिषण्यन् । अमित्रस्य । व्यथय । मन्युम् । इन्द्र । आभिः । विश्वाः । अभियुजः । विषूचीः । आर्याय । विशः । अव । तारीः । दासीः ॥
ābhiḥ | spṛdhaḥ | mithatīḥ | ariṣaṇyan | amitrasya | vyathaya | manyum | indra | ābhiḥ | viśvāḥ | abhi-yujaḥ | viṣūcīḥ | āryāya | viśaḥ | ava | tārīḥ | dāsīḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 6.25.2 English analysis of grammar]

ābhi < ābhiḥ < idam

[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

spṛdho < spṛdhaḥ < spṛdh

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“adversary; enemy; rival.”

mithatīr < mithatīḥ < mith

[verb noun], accusative, plural

“oppose.”

ariṣaṇyann < a

[adverb]

“not; akāra; a [taddhita]; a [word]; a; a.”

ariṣaṇyann < riṣaṇyan < riṣaṇy < √riṣ

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“riṣaṇy [verb].”

amitrasya < amitra

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“enemy; foe.”

vyathayā < vyathaya < vyathay < √vyath

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“afflict.”

manyum < manyu

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“anger; fury; rage; wrath.”

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

ābhir < ābhiḥ < idam

[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

viśvā < viśvāḥ < viśva

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

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

abhiyujo < abhiyujaḥ < abhiyuj

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“attack; attack.”

viṣūcīr < viṣūcīḥ < viṣvañc

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“dispersed; viṣvañc [word].”

āryāya < ārya

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“Ārya; Ārya.”

viśo < viśaḥ < viś

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“people; tribe; Vaisya; national; viś; real property; Vaisya.”

'va < ava

[adverb]

“down.”

tārīr < tārīḥ < tṛ

[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)

“traverse; overcome; float; rescue; reach; satisfy.”

dāsīḥ < dāsa

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“dāsa(a).”

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