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 8.6.35

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इन्द्र॑मु॒क्थानि॑ वावृधुः समु॒द्रमि॑व॒ सिन्ध॑वः । अनु॑त्तमन्युम॒जर॑म् ॥
इन्द्रमुक्थानि वावृधुः समुद्रमिव सिन्धवः । अनुत्तमन्युमजरम् ॥
indram ukthāni vāvṛdhuḥ samudram iva sindhavaḥ | anuttamanyum ajaram ||

English translation:

“Holy praises magnify Indra, the imperishable, the implacable, as rivers (swell) the ocean.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Theimplacable: whose wrath is unsubdued by others, parair anabhibhūto krodho yasya

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इन्द्र॑म् । उ॒क्थानि॑ । व॒वृ॒धुः॒ । स॒मु॒द्रम्ऽइ॑व । सिन्ध॑वः । अनु॑त्तऽमन्युम् । अ॒जर॑म् ॥
इन्द्रम् । उक्थानि । ववृधुः । समुद्रम्इव । सिन्धवः । अनुत्तमन्युम् । अजरम् ॥
indram | ukthāni | vavṛdhuḥ | samudram-iva | sindhavaḥ | anutta-manyum | ajaram

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.6.35 English analysis of grammar]

indram < indra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

ukthāni < uktha

[noun], nominative, plural, neuter

“hymn; praise; uktha [word]; encomium.”

vāvṛdhuḥ < vṛdh

[verb], plural, Perfect indicative

“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”

samudram < samudra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“ocean; Samudra; sea; samudra [word]; four.”

iva

[adverb]

“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”

sindhavaḥ < sindhu

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“river; Indus; sindhu [word].”

anuttamanyum < anutta

[noun]

“anutta [word]; insuperable.”

anuttamanyum < manyum < manyu

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“anger; fury; rage; wrath.”

ajaram < ajara

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“undecaying; ageless.”

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