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 8.3.10
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
येना॑ समु॒द्रमसृ॑जो म॒हीर॒पस्तदि॑न्द्र॒ वृष्णि॑ ते॒ शव॑: । स॒द्यः सो अ॑स्य महि॒मा न सं॒नशे॒ यं क्षो॒णीर॑नुचक्र॒दे ॥
येना समुद्रमसृजो महीरपस्तदिन्द्र वृष्णि ते शवः । सद्यः सो अस्य महिमा न संनशे यं क्षोणीरनुचक्रदे ॥
yenā samudram asṛjo mahīr apas tad indra vṛṣṇi te śavaḥ | sadyaḥ so asya mahimā na saṃnaśe yaṃ kṣoṇīr anucakrade ||
English translation:
“Wherewith you have sent the great waters tot he ocean; such as is your wish-fulfilling strength; thatmight of Indra is not easily to be resisted which the earth obeys.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Such is your wish-fulfilling: or, that your strengthwherewith... is wish-fulfilling
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): medhyātithiḥ kāṇvaḥ [medhyātithi kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): sataḥpaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
येन॑ । स॒मु॒द्रम् । असृ॑जः । म॒हीः । अ॒पः । तत् । इ॒न्द्र॒ । वृष्णि॑ । ते॒ । शवः॑ । स॒द्यः । सः । अ॒स्य॒ । म॒हि॒मा । न । स॒म्ऽनशे॑ । यम् । क्षो॒णीः । अ॒नु॒ऽच॒क्र॒दे ॥
येन । समुद्रम् । असृजः । महीः । अपः । तत् । इन्द्र । वृष्णि । ते । शवः । सद्यः । सः । अस्य । महिमा । न । सम्नशे । यम् । क्षोणीः । अनुचक्रदे ॥
yena | samudram | asṛjaḥ | mahīḥ | apaḥ | tat | indra | vṛṣṇi | te | śavaḥ | sadyaḥ | saḥ | asya | mahimā | na | sam-naśe | yam | kṣoṇīḥ | anu-cakrade
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.3.10 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“ocean; Samudra; sea; samudra [word]; four.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“create; shoot; discharge; free; cause; throw; emit; send; produce; use; be born; make.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“great; firm.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“bull; Indra; stallion; Vṛṣan; man.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“strength; power; superiority.”
[adverb]
“immediately; just; daily; sadyas [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“greatness; power; mahiman.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[verb noun]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“Earth.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative