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 7.104.21
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इन्द्रो॑ यातू॒नाम॑भवत्पराश॒रो ह॑वि॒र्मथी॑नाम॒भ्या॒३॒॑विवा॑सताम् । अ॒भीदु॑ श॒क्रः प॑र॒शुर्यथा॒ वनं॒ पात्रे॑व भि॒न्दन्त्स॒त ए॑ति र॒क्षस॑: ॥
इन्द्रो यातूनामभवत्पराशरो हविर्मथीनामभ्याविवासताम् । अभीदु शक्रः परशुर्यथा वनं पात्रेव भिन्दन्त्सत एति रक्षसः ॥
indro yātūnām abhavat parāśaro havirmathīnām abhy āvivāsatām | abhīd u śakraḥ paraśur yathā vanam pātreva bhindan sata eti rakṣasaḥ ||
English translation:
“Indra has ever been the discomfiter of the evil spirits coming to obstruct (the rites of) the offerers ofoblations; Śakra advances, crushing the present rākṣasas, as a hatchet cuts down (the trees of) a forest, as (amallet smashes) the earthen vessels.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛjjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इन्द्रः॑ । या॒तू॒नाम् । अ॒भ॒व॒त् । प॒रा॒ऽश॒रः । ह॒विः॒ऽमथी॑नाम् । अ॒भि । आ॒ऽविवा॑सताम् । अ॒भि । इत् । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । श॒क्रः । प॒र॒शुः । यथा॑ । वन॑म् । पात्रा॑ऽइव । भि॒न्दन् । स॒तः । ए॒ति॒ । र॒क्षसः॑ ॥
इन्द्रः । यातूनाम् । अभवत् । पराशरः । हविःमथीनाम् । अभि । आविवासताम् । अभि । इत् । ऊँ इति । शक्रः । परशुः । यथा । वनम् । पात्राइव । भिन्दन् । सतः । एति । रक्षसः ॥
indraḥ | yātūnām | abhavat | parāśaraḥ | haviḥ-mathīnām | abhi | āvivāsatām | abhi | it | oṃ iti | śakraḥ | paraśuḥ | yathā | vanam | pātrāiva | bhindan | sataḥ | eti | rakṣasaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.104.21 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“monster; mythical monster; sorcerer; yātu [word]; witchcraft; sorcery.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“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.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Parāśara; Parāśara; destroyer.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
[adverb]
“towards; on.”
[verb noun], genitive, plural
[adverb]
“towards; on.”
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[adverb]
“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra; Terminalia arjuna (Roxb.) Wight et Arn.; ivory tree.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“ax.”
[adverb]
“equally; as; so that; like; how; yathā [word]; that; wherein.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“forest; wood; tree; grove; vana [word]; forest; brush.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“vessel; pātra [word]; authority; receptacle; pātra; vessel; cup; bowl; basket.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“break; incise; burst; divide; cut; cleave; destroy; cure; disturb; lance; break; distinguish; disclose; pierce; tear; separate; transgress; break open; scratch; penetrate; sever; bribe; grind; betray; fester; strike.”
[adverb]
“evenly.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“Rākṣasa.”