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 6.34.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पु॒रु॒हू॒तो यः पु॑रुगू॒र्त ऋभ्वाँ॒ एक॑: पुरुप्रश॒स्तो अस्ति॑ य॒ज्ञैः । रथो॒ न म॒हे शव॑से युजा॒नो॒३॒॑ऽस्माभि॒रिन्द्रो॑ अनु॒माद्यो॑ भूत् ॥
पुरुहूतो यः पुरुगूर्त ऋभ्वाँ एकः पुरुप्रशस्तो अस्ति यज्ञैः । रथो न महे शवसे युजानोऽस्माभिरिन्द्रो अनुमाद्यो भूत् ॥
puruhūto yaḥ purugūrta ṛbhvām̐ ekaḥ purupraśasto asti yajñaiḥ | ratho na mahe śavase yujāno 'smābhir indro anumādyo bhūt ||

English translation:

“May that Indra ever be propitiated, by us who is the invoked of many, mighty and chief, especially honoured by sacrifices, and to whom, as to a conveyance, we are attached for (the attainment of) great strength.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śunahotraḥ [śunahotra];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पु॒रु॒ऽहू॒तः । यः । पु॒रु॒ऽगू॒र्तः । ऋभ्वा॑ । एकः॑ । पु॒रु॒ऽप्र॒श॒स्तः । अस्ति॑ । य॒ज्ञैः । रथः॑ । न । म॒हे । शव॑से । यु॒जा॒नः । अ॒स्माभिः॑ । इन्द्रः॑ । अ॒नु॒ऽमाद्यः॑ । भू॒त् ॥
पुरुहूतः । यः । पुरुगूर्तः । ऋभ्वा । एकः । पुरुप्रशस्तः । अस्ति । यज्ञैः । रथः । न । महे । शवसे । युजानः । अस्माभिः । इन्द्रः । अनुमाद्यः । भूत् ॥
puru-hūtaḥ | yaḥ | puru-gūrtaḥ | ṛbhvā | ekaḥ | puru-praśastaḥ | asti | yajñaiḥ | rathaḥ | na | mahe | śavase | yujānaḥ | asmābhiḥ | indraḥ | anu-mādyaḥ | bhūt

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 6.34.2 English analysis of grammar]

puruhūto < puru

[noun]

“many; much(a); very.”

puruhūto < hūtaḥ < hvā

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“raise; call on; call; summon.”

yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

purugūrta < puru

[noun]

“many; much(a); very.”

purugūrta < gūrtaḥ < gur

[verb noun], nominative, singular

ṛbhvāṃ < ṛbhvān < ṛbhvas

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

ekaḥ < eka

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“one; single(a); alone(p); some(a); single(a); eka [word]; alone(p); excellent; each(a); some(a); one; same; alone(p); some(a); consistent; any(a); undifferentiated; disjunct.”

purupraśasto < puru

[noun]

“many; much(a); very.”

purupraśasto < praśastaḥ < praśaṃs < √śaṃs

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“recommend; approve; praise; laud; favor; proclaim.”

asti < as

[verb], singular, Present indikative

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

yajñaiḥ < yajña

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”

ratho < rathaḥ < ratha

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“chariot; warrior; ratha [word]; Dalbergia oojeinensis; rattan.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

mahe < mah

[noun], dative, singular, neuter

“great; great; distinguished; much(a); adult; long; high.”

śavase < śavas

[noun], dative, singular, neuter

“strength; power; superiority.”

yujāno < yujānaḥ < yuj

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“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.”

'smābhir < asmābhiḥ < mad

[noun], instrumental, plural

“I; mine.”

indro < indraḥ < indra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

anumādyo < anumādyaḥ < anumad < √mad

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“praise; cheer; applaud.”

bhūt < bhū

[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.”

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