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 8.6.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वि चि॑द्वृ॒त्रस्य॒ दोध॑तो॒ वज्रे॑ण श॒तप॑र्वणा । शिरो॑ बिभेद वृ॒ष्णिना॑ ॥
वि चिद्वृत्रस्य दोधतो वज्रेण शतपर्वणा । शिरो बिभेद वृष्णिना ॥
vi cid vṛtrasya dodhato vajreṇa śataparvaṇā | śiro bibheda vṛṣṇinā ||
English translation:
“He has cloven with the powerful hundred-edged thunderbolt the head of the turbulent Vṛtra.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vatsaḥ kāṇvaḥ [vatsa kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वि । चि॒त् । वृ॒त्रस्य॑ । दोध॑तः । वज्रे॑ण । श॒तऽप॑र्वणा । शिरः॑ । बि॒भे॒द॒ । वृ॒ष्णिना॑ ॥
वि । चित् । वृत्रस्य । दोधतः । वज्रेण । शतपर्वणा । शिरः । बिभेद । वृष्णिना ॥
vi | cit | vṛtrasya | dodhataḥ | vajreṇa | śata-parvaṇā | śiraḥ | bibheda | vṛṣṇinā
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.6.6 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[adverb]
“even; indeed.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Vṛtra; vṛtra [word].”
[verb noun], genitive, singular
“ramp.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“vajra; Vajra; vajra; vajra; lightning; abhra; vajramūṣā; diamond; vajra [word]; vajrakapāṭa; vajra; vaikrānta.”
[noun], neuter
“hundred; one-hundredth; śata [word].”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“joint; knot; festival; day; articulation; knot.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“head; top; peak; battlefront; śiras [word]; beginning; skull.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“break; incise; burst; divide; cut; cleave; destroy; cure; disturb; lance; break; distinguish; disclose; pierce; tear; separate; transgress; break open; scratch; penetrate; sever; bribe; grind; betray; fester; strike.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine