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 8.6.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

कण्वा॒ इन्द्रं॒ यदक्र॑त॒ स्तोमै॑र्य॒ज्ञस्य॒ साध॑नम् । जा॒मि ब्रु॑वत॒ आयु॑धम् ॥
कण्वा इन्द्रं यदक्रत स्तोमैर्यज्ञस्य साधनम् । जामि ब्रुवत आयुधम् ॥
kaṇvā indraṃ yad akrata stomair yajñasya sādhanam | jāmi bruvata āyudham ||

English translation:

“When the Kaṇvas by their praises have made Indra the accomplisher of the sacrifice, they declare allweapons needless.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Jāmi bruvata āyudham: prayojanarahitam;

Āyudham = Indra; ayodhanaśīlam indram;

Jāmi = jāmim, kinsman; they call Indra bearing weapons, brother, bhrātaram bruvate

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

कण्वाः॑ । इन्द्र॑म् । यत् । अक्र॑त । स्तोमैः॑ । य॒ज्ञस्य॑ । साध॑नम् । जा॒मि । ब्रु॒व॒ते॒ । आयु॑धम् ॥
कण्वाः । इन्द्रम् । यत् । अक्रत । स्तोमैः । यज्ञस्य । साधनम् । जामि । ब्रुवते । आयुधम् ॥
kaṇvāḥ | indram | yat | akrata | stomaiḥ | yajñasya | sādhanam | jāmi | bruvate | āyudham

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.6.3 English analysis of grammar]

kaṇvā < kaṇvāḥ < kaṇva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“Kaṇva; Kaṇva; kaṇva [word].”

indraṃ < indram < indra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

yad < yat

[adverb]

“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”

akrata < kṛ

[verb], plural, Root aorist (Ind.)

“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”

stomair < stomaiḥ < stoma

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“hymn; Stoma; stoma [word].”

yajñasya < yajña

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”

sādhanam < sādhana

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“effective; performing.”

jāmi

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“related; ancestral; customary; usual.”

bruvata < bruvate < brū

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“say; tell; describe; speak; state; answer; call; explain; address; proclaim; talk; talk; choose.”

āyudham < āyudha

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“weapon; āyudha [word].”

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