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 6.47.16

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

शृ॒ण्वे वी॒र उ॒ग्रमु॑ग्रं दमा॒यन्न॒न्यम॑न्यमतिनेनी॒यमा॑नः । ए॒ध॒मा॒न॒द्विळु॒भय॑स्य॒ राजा॑ चोष्कू॒यते॒ विश॒ इन्द्रो॑ मनु॒ष्या॑न् ॥
शृण्वे वीर उग्रमुग्रं दमायन्नन्यमन्यमतिनेनीयमानः । एधमानद्विळुभयस्य राजा चोष्कूयते विश इन्द्रो मनुष्यान् ॥
śṛṇve vīra ugram-ugraṃ damāyann anyam-anyam atinenīyamānaḥ | edhamānadviḻ ubhayasya rājā coṣkūyate viśa indro manuṣyān ||

English translation:

“The hero Indra is renowned; humiliating every formidable (foe), and repeatedly changing the plural ce of one (worshipper) with that of another; Indra, the enemy of the arrogant, the soverign of both (heaven and earth), calls again and again (to encourage) the men who are his worshippers.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

शृ॒ण्वे । वी॒रः । उ॒ग्रम्ऽउ॑ग्रम् । द॒म॒ऽयन् । अ॒न्यम्ऽअ॑न्यम् । अ॒ति॒ऽने॒नी॒यमा॑नः । ए॒ध॒मा॒न॒ऽद्विट् । उ॒भय॑स्य । राजा॑ । चो॒ष्कू॒यते॑ । विशः॑ । इन्द्रः॑ । म॒नु॒षया॑न् ॥
शृण्वे । वीरः । उग्रम्उग्रम् । दमयन् । अन्यम्अन्यम् । अतिनेनीयमानः । एधमानद्विट् । उभयस्य । राजा । चोष्कूयते । विशः । इन्द्रः । मनुषयान् ॥
śṛṇve | vīraḥ | ugram-ugram | dama-yan | anyam-anyam | ati-nenīyamānaḥ | edhamāna-dviṭ | ubhayasya | rājā | coṣkūyate | viśaḥ | indraḥ | manuṣayān

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 6.47.16 English analysis of grammar]

śṛṇve < śru

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“listen; come to know; hear; hear; listen; study; heed; learn.”

vīra < vīraḥ < vīra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“hero; man; Vīra; vīra; vīra [word]; Vīra.”

ugram < ugra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“powerful; awful; dangerous; intense; mighty; potent; colicky; atrocious.”

ugraṃ < ugram < ugra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“powerful; awful; dangerous; intense; mighty; potent; colicky; atrocious.”

damāyann < damāyan < damāy

[verb noun], nominative, singular

anyam < anya

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“other; another(a); remaining; different; anya [word]; other than; more(a); fresh; any(a).”

anyam < anya

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“other; another(a); remaining; different; anya [word]; other than; more(a); fresh; any(a).”

atinenīyamānaḥ < atinenīy < √nī

[verb noun], nominative, singular

edhamānadviᄆ < edhamāna < edh

[verb noun]

“boom; get; thrive; increase; increase.”

edhamānadviᄆ < dviṣ

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“hostile; hating.”

ubhayasya < ubhaya

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“both(a).”

rājā < rājan

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“king; Kshatriya; rājan [word]; best; rājāvarta; Yakṣa.”

coṣkūyate < coṣkūy < √sku

[verb], singular, Present indikative

viśa < viśaḥ < viś

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“people; tribe; Vaisya; national; viś; real property; Vaisya.”

indro < indraḥ < indra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

manuṣyān < manuṣya

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“man; people; man; manuṣya [word].”

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