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 7.20.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

हन्ता॑ वृ॒त्रमिन्द्र॒: शूशु॑वान॒: प्रावी॒न्नु वी॒रो ज॑रि॒तार॑मू॒ती । कर्ता॑ सु॒दासे॒ अह॒ वा उ॑ लो॒कं दाता॒ वसु॒ मुहु॒रा दा॒शुषे॑ भूत् ॥
हन्ता वृत्रमिन्द्रः शूशुवानः प्रावीन्नु वीरो जरितारमूती । कर्ता सुदासे अह वा उ लोकं दाता वसु मुहुरा दाशुषे भूत् ॥
hantā vṛtram indraḥ śūśuvānaḥ prāvīn nu vīro jaritāram ūtī | kartā sudāse aha vā u lokaṃ dātā vasu muhur ā dāśuṣe bhūt ||

English translation:

Indra, dilating in bulk, is the slayer of Vṛtra; the hero defends his worshipper promptly with hisprotection, whether he be the giver of dominion to Sudāsa, or the donor repeatedly of wealth to the offerer (ofoblations).”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

हन्ता॑ । वृ॒त्रम् । इन्द्रः॑ । शूशु॑वानः । प्र । आ॒वी॒त् । नु । वी॒रः । ज॒रि॒तार॑म् । ऊ॒ती । कर्ता॑ । सु॒ऽदासे॑ । अह॑ । वै । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । लो॒कम् । दाता॑ । वसु॑ । मुहुः॑ । आ । दा॒शुषे॑ । भू॒त् ॥
हन्ता । वृत्रम् । इन्द्रः । शूशुवानः । प्र । आवीत् । नु । वीरः । जरितारम् । ऊती । कर्ता । सुदासे । अह । वै । ऊँ इति । लोकम् । दाता । वसु । मुहुः । आ । दाशुषे । भूत् ॥
hantā | vṛtram | indraḥ | śūśuvānaḥ | pra | āvīt | nu | vīraḥ | jaritāram | ūtī | kartā | su-dāse | aha | vai | oṃ iti | lokam | dātā | vasu | muhuḥ | ā | dāśuṣe | bhūt

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 7.20.2 English analysis of grammar]

hantā < han

[verb], singular, periphrast. future

“kill; cure; māray; remove; destroy; hit; injure; damage; destroy; paralyze; hurt; forge; beat; cut off; stop; overwhelm; kick; hunt; affect; strike; hammer; love; obstruct; shoot.”

vṛtram < vṛtra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Vṛtra; vṛtra [word].”

indraḥ < indra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

śūśuvānaḥ < śvi

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“swell; grow.”

prāvīn < prāvīt < prāv < √av

[verb], singular, Athematic is aor. (Ind.)

“help; promote.”

nu

[adverb]

“now; already.”

vīro < vīraḥ < vīra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

jaritāram < jaritṛ

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“singer.”

ūtī < ūti

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“aid; favor; ūti [word].”

kartā < kṛ

[verb], singular, periphrast. future

“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.”

sudāse < sudās

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“Sudās.”

aha

[adverb]

“aha [word]; indeed.”

< vai

[adverb]

“surely; on the other hand; vai [word]; indeed.”

u

[adverb]

“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”

lokaṃ < lokam < loka

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Loka; Earth; world; vernacular; people; room; world; Earth; loka [word]; space; Loka; topographic point; region; common sense.”

dātā <

[verb], singular, periphrast. future

“give; add; perform; put; administer; fill into; give; ignite; put on; offer; use; fuel; pour; grant; feed; teach; construct; insert; drip; wrap; pay; hand over; lend; inflict; concentrate; sacrifice; splint; poultice; create.”

vasu

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“wealth; property; gold; vasu [word]; ruby; treasure; jewel.”

muhur

[adverb]

“again; repeatedly; continually.”

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

dāśuṣe < dāś

[verb noun], dative, singular

“sacrifice; give.”

bhūt < bhū

[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)

“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”

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