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 6.44.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्यमु॑ वो॒ अप्र॑हणं गृणी॒षे शव॑स॒स्पति॑म् । इन्द्रं॑ विश्वा॒साहं॒ नरं॒ मंहि॑ष्ठं वि॒श्वच॑र्षणिम् ॥
त्यमु वो अप्रहणं गृणीषे शवसस्पतिम् । इन्द्रं विश्वासाहं नरं मंहिष्ठं विश्वचर्षणिम् ॥
tyam u vo aprahaṇaṃ gṛṇīṣe śavasas patim | indraṃ viśvāsāhaṃ naram maṃhiṣṭhaṃ viśvacarṣaṇim ||

English translation:

“(Worshippers), for you I glorify that Indra who disappointed not (his adorers); the lord of strength, the all-subduing, the leader (of rites), the most beautiful, the beholder of the universe.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śaṃyurbārhaspatyaḥ [śaṃyurbārhaspatya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdanuṣṭup;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्यम् । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । वः॒ । अप्र॑ऽहनम् । गृ॒णी॒षे । शव॑सः । पति॑म् । इन्द्र॑म् । वि॒श्व॒ऽसह॑म् । नर॑म् । मंहि॑ष्ठम् । वि॒श्वऽच॑र्षणिम् ॥
त्यम् । ऊँ इति । वः । अप्रहनम् । गृणीषे । शवसः । पतिम् । इन्द्रम् । विश्वसहम् । नरम् । मंहिष्ठम् । विश्वचर्षणिम् ॥
tyam | oṃ iti | vaḥ | apra-hanam | gṛṇīṣe | śavasaḥ | patim | indram | viśva-saham | naram | maṃhiṣṭham | viśva-carṣaṇim

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 6.44.4 English analysis of grammar]

tyam < tya

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“that.”

u

[adverb]

“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”

vo < vaḥ < tvad

[noun], dative, plural

“you.”

aprahaṇaṃ < a

[adverb]

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

aprahaṇaṃ < prahaṇam < prahan

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

gṛṇīṣe < gṛ

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“praise.”

śavasas < śavasaḥ < śavas

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“strength; power; superiority.”

patim < pati

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“husband; overlord; king; deity; īśvara; ruler; pati [word]; commanding officer; leader; owner; mayor; lord.”

indraṃ < indram < indra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

viśvāsāhaṃ < viśvāsāham < viśvāsah

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

naram < nṛ

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”

maṃhiṣṭhaṃ < maṃhiṣṭham < maṃhiṣṭha

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“big.”

viśvacarṣaṇim < viśvacarṣaṇi

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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