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 7.85.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
आप॑श्चि॒द्धि स्वय॑शस॒: सद॑स्सु दे॒वीरिन्द्रं॒ वरु॑णं दे॒वता॒ धुः । कृ॒ष्टीर॒न्यो धा॒रय॑ति॒ प्रवि॑क्ता वृ॒त्राण्य॒न्यो अ॑प्र॒तीनि॑ हन्ति ॥
आपश्चिद्धि स्वयशसः सदस्सु देवीरिन्द्रं वरुणं देवता धुः । कृष्टीरन्यो धारयति प्रविक्ता वृत्राण्यन्यो अप्रतीनि हन्ति ॥
āpaś cid dhi svayaśasaḥ sadassu devīr indraṃ varuṇaṃ devatā dhuḥ | kṛṣṭīr anyo dhārayati praviktā vṛtrāṇy anyo apratīni hanti ||
English translation:
“The divine Soma, flowing like water, self-renowned, (offered) at religious assemblies, supoort Indra andVaruṇa; of whom one regulates mankind, distinguished (as good or bad), and the other slays unresisted foeṣ”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Support Indra and Varuṇa: somenāpyāyitā hi devatāḥ sve sve sthāne avatiṣṭhante, nourished by theSoma, the gods abide in their own several stations
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indrāvaruṇau ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
आपः॑ । चि॒त् । हि । स्वऽय॑शसः । सदः॑ऽसु । दे॒वीः । इन्द्र॑म् । वरु॑णम् । दे॒वता॑ । धुरिति॒ धुः । कृ॒ष्टीः । अ॒न्यः । धा॒रय॑ति । प्रऽवि॑क्ताः । वृ॒त्राणि॑ । अ॒न्यः । अ॒प्र॒तीनि॑ । ह॒न्ति॒ ॥
आपः । चित् । हि । स्वयशसः । सदःसु । देवीः । इन्द्रम् । वरुणम् । देवता । धुरिति धुः । कृष्टीः । अन्यः । धारयति । प्रविक्ताः । वृत्राणि । अन्यः । अप्रतीनि । हन्ति ॥
āpaḥ | cit | hi | sva-yaśasaḥ | sadaḥ-su | devīḥ | indram | varuṇam | devatā | dhuritidhuḥ | kṛṣṭīḥ | anyaḥ | dhārayati | pra-viktāḥ | vṛtrāṇi | anyaḥ | apratīni | hanti
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.85.3 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”
[adverb]
“even; indeed.”
[adverb]
“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”
[noun]
“own(a); respective(a); akin(p); sva [word]; individual; present(a); independent.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“fame; Yaśas.”
[noun], locative, plural, neuter
“mansion; assembly; seat; seat.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“divine.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Varuna; varuṇa [word]; Crataeva religiosa Forst.; Varuṇa; varuṇādi.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“Hindu deity; Deva; deity; idol; devatā [word]; divinity; temple.”
[verb], plural, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“people; citizenry.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“other; another(a); remaining; different; anya [word]; other than; more(a); fresh; any(a).”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“keep; sustain; put; hold; wear; hold; carry; keep alive; suppress; preserve; remember; stow; stop; have; fill into; endure; support; understand; fixate; govern; restrain.”
[verb noun], accusative, plural
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“enemy.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“other; another(a); remaining; different; anya [word]; other than; more(a); fresh; any(a).”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“irresistible.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“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.”