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 8.6.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ओज॒स्तद॑स्य तित्विष उ॒भे यत्स॒मव॑र्तयत् । इन्द्र॒श्चर्मे॑व॒ रोद॑सी ॥
ओजस्तदस्य तित्विष उभे यत्समवर्तयत् । इन्द्रश्चर्मेव रोदसी ॥
ojas tad asya titviṣa ubhe yat samavartayat | indraś carmeva rodasī ||
English translation:
“His might is manifest, for Indra folds and unfolds both heaven and earth, as (one spreads or rolls up) askin.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vatsaḥ kāṇvaḥ [vatsa kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ओजः॒ । तत् । अ॒स्य॒ । ति॒त्वि॒षे॒ । उ॒भे इति॑ । यत् । स॒म्ऽअव॑र्तयत् । इन्द्रः॑ । चर्म॑ऽइव । रोद॑सी॒ इति॑ ॥
ओजः । तत् । अस्य । तित्विषे । उभे इति । यत् । सम्अवर्तयत् । इन्द्रः । चर्मइव । रोदसी इति ॥
ojaḥ | tat | asya | titviṣe | ubhe iti | yat | sam-avartayat | indraḥ | carma-iva | rodasī iti
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.6.5 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“strength; power; ojas; ojas [word]; potency; might.”
[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], genitive, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
[noun], accusative, dual, feminine
“both(a).”
[adverb]
“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“clench; satisfy.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“leather; hide; shield; skin; carman [word]; carman; hide.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[noun], accusative, dual, feminine
“heaven and earth; Earth.”