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 6.45.18

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

धि॒ष्व वज्रं॒ गभ॑स्त्यो रक्षो॒हत्या॑य वज्रिवः । सा॒स॒ही॒ष्ठा अ॒भि स्पृध॑: ॥
धिष्व वज्रं गभस्त्यो रक्षोहत्याय वज्रिवः । सासहीष्ठा अभि स्पृधः ॥
dhiṣva vajraṃ gabhastyo rakṣohatyāya vajrivaḥ | sāsahīṣṭhā abhi spṛdhaḥ ||

English translation:

“Wielder of the thunderbolt, take the bolt in your hands for the destruction of rākṣasas, and uttely overthrow those who defy you.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

धि॒ष्व । वज्र॑म् । गभ॑स्त्योः । र॒क्षः॒ऽहत्या॑य । व॒ज्रि॒ऽवः॒ । स॒स॒ही॒ष्ठाः । अ॒भि । स्पृधः॑ ॥
धिष्व । वज्रम् । गभस्त्योः । रक्षःहत्याय । वज्रिवः । ससहीष्ठाः । अभि । स्पृधः ॥
dhiṣva | vajram | gabhastyoḥ | rakṣaḥ-hatyāya | vajri-vaḥ | sasahīṣṭhāḥ | abhi | spṛdhaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 6.45.18 English analysis of grammar]

dhiṣva < dhā

[verb], singular, Aorist imperative

“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”

vajraṃ < vajram < vajra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“vajra; Vajra; vajra; vajra; lightning; abhra; vajramūṣā; diamond; vajra [word]; vajrakapāṭa; vajra; vaikrānta.”

gabhastyo < gabhastyoḥ < gabhasti

[noun], locative, dual, masculine

“beam; hand; sun.”

rakṣohatyāya < rakṣaḥ < rakṣas

[noun], neuter

“Rākṣasa; Rakṣas; rakṣas [word].”

rakṣohatyāya < hatyāya < hatya

[noun], dative, singular, neuter

“killing.”

vajrivaḥ < vajrivas < vajrivat

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

sāsahīṣṭhā < sāsahīṣṭhāḥ < sah

[verb], singular, Prekativ

“endure; overcome; habituate.”

abhi

[adverb]

“towards; on.”

spṛdhaḥ < spṛdh

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“rival; enemy.”

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