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 7.21.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒भि क्रत्वे॑न्द्र भू॒रध॒ ज्मन्न ते॑ विव्यङ्महि॒मानं॒ रजां॑सि । स्वेना॒ हि वृ॒त्रं शव॑सा ज॒घन्थ॒ न शत्रु॒रन्तं॑ विविदद्यु॒धा ते॑ ॥
अभि क्रत्वेन्द्र भूरध ज्मन्न ते विव्यङ्महिमानं रजांसि । स्वेना हि वृत्रं शवसा जघन्थ न शत्रुरन्तं विविदद्युधा ते ॥
abhi kratvendra bhūr adha jman na te vivyaṅ mahimānaṃ rajāṃsi | svenā hi vṛtraṃ śavasā jaghantha na śatrur antaṃ vividad yudhā te ||
English translation:
“You, Indra, by your function, preside over the beings (of earth); all the regions (of the world) do notsurpass your magnitude; by thine own strength you have slain Vṛtra; no enemy has effected your destruction inbattle.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): virāṭtrisṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒भि । क्रत्वा॑ । इ॒न्द्र॒ । भूः॒ । अध॑ । ज्मन् । न । ते॒ । वि॒व्य॒क् । म॒हि॒मान॑म् । रजां॑सि । स्वेन॑ । हि । वृ॒त्रम् । शव॑सा । ज॒घन्थ॑ । न । शत्रुः॑ । अन्त॑म् । वि॒वि॒द॒त् । यु॒धा । ते॒ ॥
अभि । क्रत्वा । इन्द्र । भूः । अध । ज्मन् । न । ते । विव्यक् । महिमानम् । रजांसि । स्वेन । हि । वृत्रम् । शवसा । जघन्थ । न । शत्रुः । अन्तम् । विविदत् । युधा । ते ॥
abhi | kratvā | indra | bhūḥ | adha | jman | na | te | vivyak | mahimānam | rajāṃsi | svena | hi | vṛtram | śavasā | jaghantha | na | śatruḥ | antam | vividat | yudhā | te
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.21.6 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; on.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“yajña; decision; plan; deliberation; intelligence; Kratu; will; kratu [word]; desire; resoluteness; ritual.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[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.”
[adverb]
“then; and; therefore; now.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[verb], singular, Present injunctive
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“greatness; power; mahiman.”
[noun], nominative, plural, neuter
“powder; menorrhea; dust; Rajas; atmosphere; rajas; pollen; passion; rajas [word]; sindūra; rust; tin; impurity; dark; sky.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“own(a); respective(a); akin(p); sva [word]; individual; present(a); independent.”
[adverb]
“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Vṛtra; vṛtra [word].”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“strength; power; superiority.”
[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.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“enemy; foe; enemy; Asura.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“end; last syllable; end; end; boundary; inside; border; death; anta [word]; edge; end; shore; limit; region; outskirt; destruction; boundary; limit; anta; termination; corner; conclusion; hem; end; ant; edge.”
[verb], singular, Perfect conjunctive (subj.)
“find; detect; marry; get; think.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“battle; fight; war; combat.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”