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 6.37.5

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इन्द्रो॒ वाज॑स्य॒ स्थवि॑रस्य दा॒तेन्द्रो॑ गी॒र्भिर्व॑र्धतां वृ॒द्धम॑हाः । इन्द्रो॑ वृ॒त्रं हनि॑ष्ठो अस्तु॒ सत्वा ता सू॒रिः पृ॑णति॒ तूतु॑जानः ॥
इन्द्रो वाजस्य स्थविरस्य दातेन्द्रो गीर्भिर्वर्धतां वृद्धमहाः । इन्द्रो वृत्रं हनिष्ठो अस्तु सत्वा ता सूरिः पृणति तूतुजानः ॥
indro vājasya sthavirasya dātendro gīrbhir vardhatāṃ vṛddhamahāḥ | indro vṛtraṃ haniṣṭho astu satvā tā sūriḥ pṛṇati tūtujānaḥ ||

English translation:

Indra is the donor of substantial food; may the very illustrious Indra increase (in glory) through our praises; may Indra, the destroyer (of enemies), be the especial slayer of Vṛtra; may he, the animator the quick-mover, grant us those (riches which we desire).”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इन्द्रः॑ । वाज॑स्य । स्थवि॑रस्य । दा॒ता । इन्द्रः॑ । गीः॒ऽभिः । व॒र्ध॒ता॒म् । वृ॒द्धऽम॑हाः । इन्द्रः॑ । वृ॒त्रम् । हनि॑ष्ठः । अ॒स्तु॒ । सत्वा॑ । आ । ता । सू॒रिः । पृ॒ण॒ति॒ । तूतु॑जानः ॥
इन्द्रः । वाजस्य । स्थविरस्य । दाता । इन्द्रः । गीःभिः । वर्धताम् । वृद्धमहाः । इन्द्रः । वृत्रम् । हनिष्ठः । अस्तु । सत्वा । आ । ता । सूरिः । पृणति । तूतुजानः ॥
indraḥ | vājasya | sthavirasya | dātā | indraḥ | gīḥ-bhiḥ | vardhatām | vṛddha-mahāḥ | indraḥ | vṛtram | haniṣṭhaḥ | astu | satvā | ā | tā | sūriḥ | pṛṇati | tūtujānaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 6.37.5 English analysis of grammar]

indro < indraḥ < indra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

vājasya < vāja

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“prize; Vāja; reward; reward; Ribhus; vigor; strength; contest.”

sthavirasya < sthavira

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“old; strong; hardy; firm; firm.”

dātendro < dātā < dātṛ

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“giving; big.”

dātendro < indraḥ < indra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

gīrbhir < gīrbhiḥ < gir

[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine

“hymn; praise; voice; words; invocation; command; statement; cry; language.”

vardhatāṃ < vardhatām < vṛdh

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”

vṛddhamahāḥ < vṛddha < vṛdh

[verb noun]

“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”

vṛddhamahāḥ < mahāḥ < mahas

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“greatness; festival; glory; reward; gladness.”

indro < indraḥ < indra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

vṛtraṃ < vṛtram < vṛtra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Vṛtra; vṛtra [word].”

haniṣṭho < haniṣṭhaḥ < haniṣṭha

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

astu < as

[verb], singular, Present imperative

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

satvā < satvan

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“warrior.”

< tad

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

sūriḥ < sūri

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“patron.”

pṛṇati < pṛṇ

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“satisfy.”

tūtujānaḥ < tuj

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“draw.”

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