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 6.45.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वमेक॑स्य वृत्रहन्नवि॒ता द्वयो॑रसि । उ॒तेदृशे॒ यथा॑ व॒यम् ॥
त्वमेकस्य वृत्रहन्नविता द्वयोरसि । उतेदृशे यथा वयम् ॥
tvam ekasya vṛtrahann avitā dvayor asi | utedṛśe yathā vayam ||
English translation:
“Slayer of Vṛtra, you are the protector of one (adorer), or of two, and of such as we are.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śaṃyurbārhaspatyaḥ [śaṃyurbārhaspatya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): virāḍgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वम् । एक॑स्य । वृ॒त्र॒ऽह॒न् । अ॒वि॒ता । द्वयोः॑ । अ॒सि॒ । उ॒त । ई॒दृशे॑ । यथा॑ । व॒यम् ॥
त्वम् । एकस्य । वृत्रहन् । अविता । द्वयोः । असि । उत । ईदृशे । यथा । वयम् ॥
tvam | ekasya | vṛtra-han | avitā | dvayoḥ | asi | uta | īdṛśe | yathā | vayam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 6.45.5 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular
“you.”
[noun], genitive, 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.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra.”
[verb], singular, periphrast. future
“support; help; prefer; prefer; like.”
[noun], genitive, dual, masculine
“two; dvi [word]; second.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“such(a).”
[adverb]
“equally; as; so that; like; how; yathā [word]; that; wherein.”
[noun], nominative, plural
“I; mine.”