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 7.18.14
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
नि ग॒व्यवोऽन॑वो द्रु॒ह्यव॑श्च ष॒ष्टिः श॒ता सु॑षुपु॒: षट् स॒हस्रा॑ । ष॒ष्टिर्वी॒रासो॒ अधि॒ षड्दु॑वो॒यु विश्वेदिन्द्र॑स्य वी॒र्या॑ कृ॒तानि॑ ॥
नि गव्यवोऽनवो द्रुह्यवश्च षष्टिः शता सुषुपुः षट् सहस्रा । षष्टिर्वीरासो अधि षड्दुवोयु विश्वेदिन्द्रस्य वीर्या कृतानि ॥
ni gavyavo 'navo druhyavaś ca ṣaṣṭiḥ śatā suṣupuḥ ṣaṭ sahasrā | ṣaṣṭir vīrāso adhi ṣaḍ duvoyu viśved indrasya vīryā kṛtāni ||
English translation:
“The warriors of the Anus and Druhyus, intending (to carry off the) cattle, (hostile) to the pious(Sudāsa) perished to the number of sixty-six thousand six hundred and sixty; such are all the glorious acts ofIndra.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Sixty- thousand: ṣaṣṭiḥ śata śat. sahasra ṣaṣṭir adhi śat. = sixty hundreds, six thousands, sixty, withsix more;
Śatāni = thousands, sahasrānītyartham
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): svarāṭpaṅkti;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
न् । ग॒व्यवः॑ । अन॑वः । दु॒ह्यवः॑ । च॒ । ष॒ष्टिः । श॒ता । सु॒सु॒पुः॒ । षट् । स॒हस्रा॑ । ष॒ष्टिः । वी॒रासः॑ । अधि॑ । षट् । दु॒वः॒ऽयु । विश्वा॑ । इत् । इन्द्र॑स्य । वी॒र्या॑ । कृ॒तानि॑ ॥
न् । गव्यवः । अनवः । दुह्यवः । च । षष्टिः । शता । सुसुपुः । षट् । सहस्रा । षष्टिः । वीरासः । अधि । षट् । दुवःयु । विश्वा । इत् । इन्द्रस्य । वीर्या । कृतानि ॥
n | gavyavaḥ | anavaḥ | duhyavaḥ | ca | ṣaṣṭiḥ | śatā | susupuḥ | ṣaṭ | sahasrā | ṣaṣṭiḥ | vīrāsaḥ | adhi | ṣaṭ | duvaḥ-yu | viśvā | it | indrasya | vīryā | kṛtān i
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.18.14 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“back; down.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“anu; Anu.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Druhyu.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“sixty; sixtieth; ṣaṣṭi [word].”
[noun], nominative, plural, neuter
“hundred; one-hundredth; śata [word].”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“sleep; numb; fall asleep.”
[noun], nominative, plural, neuter
“six; ṣaṣ; sixth; ṣaṣ [word].”
[noun], nominative, plural, neuter
“thousand; one-thousandth; sahasra [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“sixty; sixtieth; ṣaṣṭi [word].”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“hero; man; Vīra; vīra; vīra [word]; Vīra.”
[adverb]
“on; from; accordingly.”
[noun], nominative, plural, neuter
“six; ṣaṣ; sixth; ṣaṣ [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
[noun], nominative, plural, neuter
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], nominative, plural, neuter
“potency; vīrya; heroism; potency; strength; semen; power; deed; active agent; efficacy; vīryapāramitā; gold; vigor; vīrya [word]; virility; manfulness; jewel; force.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“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.”