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 7.18.11
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
एकं॑ च॒ यो विं॑श॒तिं च॑ श्रव॒स्या वै॑क॒र्णयो॒र्जना॒न्राजा॒ न्यस्त॑: । द॒स्मो न सद्म॒न्नि शि॑शाति ब॒र्हिः शूर॒: सर्ग॑मकृणो॒दिन्द्र॑ एषाम् ॥
एकं च यो विंशतिं च श्रवस्या वैकर्णयोर्जनान्राजा न्यस्तः । दस्मो न सद्मन्नि शिशाति बर्हिः शूरः सर्गमकृणोदिन्द्र एषाम् ॥
ekaṃ ca yo viṃśatiṃ ca śravasyā vaikarṇayor janān rājā ny astaḥ | dasmo na sadman ni śiśāti barhiḥ śūraḥ sargam akṛṇod indra eṣām ||
English translation:
“The hero Indra created the Maruts (for the assistance of the rājā), who, ambitious of fame, slewone-and-twenty of the men on the two banks (of the Paruṣṇi), as a well-looking priest lops the sacred grass inthe chamber of sacrifice.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
एक॑म् । च॒ । यः । विं॒श॒तिम् । च॒ । श्र॒व॒स्या । वै॒क॒र्णयोः॑ । जना॑न् । राजा॑ । नि । अस्तः॑ । द॒स्मः । न । सद्म॑न् । नि । शि॒शा॒ति॒ । ब॒र्हिः । शूरः॑ । सर्ग॑म् । अ॒कृ॒णो॒त् । इन्द्रः॑ । ए॒षा॒म् ॥
एकम् । च । यः । विंशतिम् । च । श्रवस्या । वैकर्णयोः । जनान् । राजा । नि । अस्तः । दस्मः । न । सद्मन् । नि । शिशाति । बर्हिः । शूरः । सर्गम् । अकृणोत् । इन्द्रः । एषाम् ॥
ekam | ca | yaḥ | viṃśatim | ca | śravasyā | vaikarṇayoḥ | janān | rājā | ni | astaḥ | dasmaḥ | na | sadman | ni | śiśāti | barhiḥ | śūraḥ | sargam | akṛṇot | indraḥ | eṣām
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.18.11 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, 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.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“twenty; twentieth; viṃśati [word].”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
[noun], genitive, dual, masculine
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“people; national; man; relative; jan; Janaloka; person; jana [word]; man; attendant; Jana; foreigner; inhabitant; group.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“king; Kshatriya; rājan [word]; best; rājāvarta; Yakṣa.”
[adverb]
“back; down.”
[verb], singular, Root aorist (Ind.)
“spread; kill; lay; cover.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“overlord.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“seat; house; stable; dwelling.”
[adverb]
“back; down.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“sharpen; whet; strengthen.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“Barhis; barhis [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“hero; cock; śūra; Śūra; Vatica robusta; Plumbago zeylanica; warrior; hero; attacker; lentil; wild boar; lion; dog.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Creation; metempsychosis; discharge; torrent; birth; undertaking.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”