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 7.28.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तव॒ प्रणी॑तीन्द्र॒ जोहु॑वाना॒न्त्सं यन्नॄन्न रोद॑सी नि॒नेथ॑ । म॒हे क्ष॒त्राय॒ शव॑से॒ हि ज॒ज्ञेऽतू॑तुजिं चि॒त्तूतु॑जिरशिश्नत् ॥
तव प्रणीतीन्द्र जोहुवानान्त्सं यन्नॄन्न रोदसी निनेथ । महे क्षत्राय शवसे हि जज्ञेऽतूतुजिं चित्तूतुजिरशिश्नत् ॥
tava praṇītīndra johuvānān saṃ yan nṝn na rodasī ninetha | mahe kṣatrāya śavase hi jajñe 'tūtujiṃ cit tūtujir aśiśnat ||

English translation:

“Since, Indra, by your guidance, you have conducted men, your zealous worshippers, over heaven andearth, you are born to (bestow) great wealth and strength, whence the presenter of offerings overcomes him whooffers them not.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Have conducted men: nriti na rodasi san ninetha: the verb is saṅgamayasi, you bring together;divi pṛthivyam ca stotrin pratiṣṭhāpayasi, you establish the worshippers in heaven and earth; the particle na, isignored

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तव॑ । प्रऽनी॑ती । इ॒न्द्र॒ । जोहु॑वानान् । सम् । यत् । नॄन् । न । रोद॑सी॒ इति॑ । नि॒नेथ॑ । म॒हे । क्ष॒त्राय॑ । शव॑से । हि । ज॒ज्ञे । अतू॑तुजिम् । चि॒त् । तूतु॑जिः । अ॒शि॒श्न॒त् ॥
तव । प्रनीती । इन्द्र । जोहुवानान् । सम् । यत् । नॄन् । न । रोदसी इति । निनेथ । महे । क्षत्राय । शवसे । हि । जज्ञे । अतूतुजिम् । चित् । तूतुजिः । अशिश्नत् ॥
tava | pra-nītī | indra | johuvānān | sam | yat | nṝn | na | rodasī iti | ninetha | mahe | kṣatrāya | śavase | hi | jajñe | atūtujim | cit | tūtujiḥ | aśiśnat

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 7.28.3 English analysis of grammar]

tava < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

praṇītīndra < praṇītī < praṇīti

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“guidance; guidance.”

praṇītīndra < indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

johuvānān < johav < √hvā

[verb noun], accusative, plural

“appeal.”

saṃ < sam

[adverb]

“sam; together; together; saṃ.”

yan < yat

[adverb]

“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”

nṝn < nṛ

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

rodasī < rodas

[noun], accusative, dual, neuter

“heaven and earth; Earth.”

ninetha <

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“bring; lead; spend; decant; enter (a state); remove; take out; take away; enforce; marry; carry; fill into; bring; learn; go out; add.”

mahe < mah

[noun], dative, singular, neuter

“great; great; distinguished; much(a); adult; long; high.”

kṣatrāya < kṣatra

[noun], dative, singular, neuter

“Kshatriya; dominion; Kshatriya; kṣatra [word]; power.”

śavase < śavas

[noun], dative, singular, neuter

“strength; power; superiority.”

hi

[adverb]

“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”

jajñe < jan

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”

'tūtujiṃ < a

[adverb]

“not; akāra; a [taddhita]; a [word]; a; a.”

'tūtujiṃ < tūtujim < tūtuji

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“exciting; avid; eager.”

cit

[adverb]

“even; indeed.”

tūtujir < tūtujiḥ < tūtuji

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“exciting; avid; eager.”

aśiśnat < śnath

[verb], singular, Redupl. Aorist (Ind.)

“pierce; kill.”

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