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 7.21.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
भी॒मो वि॑वे॒षायु॑धेभिरेषा॒मपां॑सि॒ विश्वा॒ नर्या॑णि वि॒द्वान् । इन्द्र॒: पुरो॒ जर्हृ॑षाणो॒ वि दू॑धो॒द्वि वज्र॑हस्तो महि॒ना ज॑घान ॥
भीमो विवेषायुधेभिरेषामपांसि विश्वा नर्याणि विद्वान् । इन्द्रः पुरो जर्हृषाणो वि दूधोद्वि वज्रहस्तो महिना जघान ॥
bhīmo viveṣāyudhebhir eṣām apāṃsi viśvā naryāṇi vidvān | indraḥ puro jarhṛṣāṇo vi dūdhod vi vajrahasto mahinā jaghāna ||
English translation:
“The formidable (Indra), knowing all actions beneficial to man, intimidated those (asuras) by hisweapons; Indra, exuling shook their cities; armed with his thunderbolt he slew them in his might.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): svarāṭpaṅkti;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
भी॒मः । वि॒वे॒ष॒ । आयु॑धेभिः । ए॒षा॒म् । अपां॑सि । विश्वा॑ । नर्या॑णि । वि॒द्वान् । इन्द्रः॑ । पुरः॑ । जर्हृ॑षाणः । वि । दू॒धो॒त् । वि । वज्र॑ऽहस्तः । म॒हि॒ना । ज॒घा॒न॒ ॥
भीमः । विवेष । आयुधेभिः । एषाम् । अपांसि । विश्वा । नर्याणि । विद्वान् । इन्द्रः । पुरः । जर्हृषाणः । वि । दूधोत् । वि । वज्रहस्तः । महिना । जघान ॥
bhīmaḥ | viveṣa | āyudhebhiḥ | eṣām | apāṃsi | viśvā | naryāṇi | vidvān | indraḥ | puraḥ | jarhṛṣāṇaḥ | vi | dūdhot | vi | vajra-hastaḥ | mahinā | jaghāna
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.21.4 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“awful; amazing; terrific; enormous; bhīma [word]; fearful.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“labor; act; perform.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter
“weapon; āyudha [word].”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“work; deed.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“gift.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“know; diagnose; perceive; know; accord; notice; deem; mind; learn; specify; watch; recognize; detect; call.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“fortress; pur [word]; town; purā [indecl.]; mahant.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[verb], singular, Plusquamperfect
“shake; remove; chase away.”
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[noun], masculine
“vajra; Vajra; vajra; vajra; lightning; abhra; vajramūṣā; diamond; vajra [word]; vajrakapāṭa; vajra; vaikrānta.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“hand; hand; proboscis; hasta [word]; autograph.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“greatness; enormousness.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“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.”