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 8.3.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इन्द्रो॑ म॒ह्ना रोद॑सी पप्रथ॒च्छव॒ इन्द्र॒: सूर्य॑मरोचयत् । इन्द्रे॑ ह॒ विश्वा॒ भुव॑नानि येमिर॒ इन्द्रे॑ सुवा॒नास॒ इन्द॑वः ॥
इन्द्रो मह्ना रोदसी पप्रथच्छव इन्द्रः सूर्यमरोचयत् । इन्द्रे ह विश्वा भुवनानि येमिर इन्द्रे सुवानास इन्दवः ॥
indro mahnā rodasī paprathac chava indraḥ sūryam arocayat | indre ha viśvā bhuvanāni yemira indre suvānāsa indavaḥ ||

English translation:

Indra, by the might of his strength, has spread out the heaven and earth; Indra has lighted up the sun;in Indra are all beings aggregated; the distilling drops of the Soma flow to Indra.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Indra has lighted up the suṅIndra restores the sun from the grasp of svarbhānu, extricates him from eclipse

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): medhyātithiḥ kāṇvaḥ [medhyātithi kāṇva];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): bhurikpaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इन्द्रः॑ । म॒ह्ना । रोद॑सी॒ इति॑ । प॒प्र॒थ॒त् । शवः॑ । इन्द्रः॑ । सूर्य॑म् । अ॒रो॒च॒य॒त् । इन्द्रे॑ । ह॒ । विश्वा॑ । भुव॑नानि । ये॒मि॒रे॒ । इन्द्रे॑ । सु॒वा॒नासः॑ । इन्द॑वः ॥
इन्द्रः । मह्ना । रोदसी इति । पप्रथत् । शवः । इन्द्रः । सूर्यम् । अरोचयत् । इन्द्रे । ह । विश्वा । भुवनानि । येमिरे । इन्द्रे । सुवानासः । इन्दवः ॥
indraḥ | mahnā | rodasī iti | paprathat | śavaḥ | indraḥ | sūryam | arocayat | indre | ha | viśvā | bhuvanāni | yemire | indre | suvānāsaḥ | indavaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.3.6 English analysis of grammar]

indro < indraḥ < indra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

mahnā < mahan

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“greatness.”

rodasī

[noun], accusative, dual, feminine

“heaven and earth; Earth.”

paprathacchava < paprathat < prath

[verb], singular, Perfect conjunctive (subj.)

“be known; expand; expand; boom.”

paprathacchava < śavaḥ < śavas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“strength; power; superiority.”

indraḥ < indra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

sūryam < sūrya

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”

arocayat < rocay < √ruc

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“like; approve; like; simulate.”

indre < indra

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

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

ha

[adverb]

“indeed; ha [word].”

viśvā < viśva

[noun], nominative, plural, neuter

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

bhuvanāni < bhuvana

[noun], nominative, plural, neuter

“Earth; being; world; bhuvana [word].”

yemira < yemire < yam

[verb], plural, Perfect indicative

“concentrate; grant; restrain; cause; control; offer; cover; raise.”

indre < indra

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

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

suvānāsa < suvānāsaḥ < su

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“press out; su.”

indavaḥ < indu

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“moon; Soma; drop; anusvāra; one; Candra; silver; camphor; point; juice.”

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