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 8.6.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
म॒हाँ इन्द्रो॒ य ओज॑सा प॒र्जन्यो॑ वृष्टि॒माँ इ॑व । स्तोमै॑र्व॒त्सस्य॑ वावृधे ॥
महाँ इन्द्रो य ओजसा पर्जन्यो वृष्टिमाँ इव । स्तोमैर्वत्सस्य वावृधे ॥
mahām̐ indro ya ojasā parjanyo vṛṣṭimām̐ iva | stomair vatsasya vāvṛdhe ||
English translation:
“Indra, who is great in might like Parjanya the disributor of rain, is magnified by the praises o Vatsa.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vatsaḥ kāṇvaḥ [vatsa kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
म॒हान् । इन्द्रः॑ । यः । ओज॑सा । प॒र्जन्यः॑ । वृ॒ष्टि॒मान्ऽइ॑व । स्तोमैः॑ । व॒त्सस्य॑ । व॒वृ॒धे॒ ॥
महान् । इन्द्रः । यः । ओजसा । पर्जन्यः । वृष्टिमान्इव । स्तोमैः । वत्सस्य । ववृधे ॥
mahān | indraḥ | yaḥ | ojasā | parjanyaḥ | vṛṣṭimān-iva | stomaiḥ | vatsasya | vavṛdhe
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.6.1 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“large; eminent; great; loud; dangerous; strong; long; high; much(a); mahant [word]; ample; very; great; adult; important; dark; high; abundant; violent; remarkable; mighty; big; long.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“strength; power; ojas; ojas [word]; potency; might.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“cloud; Parjanya; Indra; nimbus.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“rain; raining; rainy.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“hymn; Stoma; stoma [word].”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“calf; child; Vatsa; vatsa [word]; juvenile; Vatsa; Vatsa; Vatsa; son; male child.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”