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 8.6.14
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
नि शुष्ण॑ इन्द्र धर्ण॒सिं वज्रं॑ जघन्थ॒ दस्य॑वि । वृषा॒ ह्यु॑ग्र शृण्वि॒षे ॥
नि शुष्ण इन्द्र धर्णसिं वज्रं जघन्थ दस्यवि । वृषा ह्युग्र शृण्विषे ॥
ni śuṣṇa indra dharṇasiṃ vajraṃ jaghantha dasyavi | vṛṣā hy ugra śṛṇviṣe ||
English translation:
“You have hurled your wielded thunderbolt upon the impious Śuṣṇa; you are renowned, fierce Indra,as the showerer (of benefits).”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vatsaḥ kāṇvaḥ [vatsa kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
नि । शुष्णे॑ । इ॒न्द्र॒ । ध॒र्ण॒सिम् । वज्र॑म् । ज॒घ॒न्थ॒ । दस्य॑वि । वृषा॑ । हि । उ॒ग्र॒ । शृ॒ण्वि॒षे ॥
नि । शुष्णे । इन्द्र । धर्णसिम् । वज्रम् । जघन्थ । दस्यवि । वृषा । हि । उग्र । शृण्विषे ॥
ni | śuṣṇe | indra | dharṇasim | vajram | jaghantha | dasyavi | vṛṣā | hi | ugra | śṛṇvi ṣe
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.6.14 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“back; down.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“Śuṣṇa.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“permanent; firm.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“vajra; Vajra; vajra; vajra; lightning; abhra; vajramūṣā; diamond; vajra [word]; vajrakapāṭa; vajra; vaikrānta.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“kill; cure; māray; remove; destroy; hit; injure; damage; destroy; paralyze; hurt; forge; beat; cut off; stop; overwhelm; kick; hunt; affect; strike; hammer; love; obstruct; shoot.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“savage; outcast; mugger.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“bull; Indra; stallion; Vṛṣan; man.”
[adverb]
“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“powerful; awful; dangerous; intense; mighty; potent; colicky; atrocious.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“listen; come to know; hear; hear; listen; study; heed; learn.”