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 8.6.40

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

वा॒वृ॒धा॒न उप॒ द्यवि॒ वृषा॑ व॒ज्र्य॑रोरवीत् । वृ॒त्र॒हा सो॑म॒पात॑मः ॥
वावृधान उप द्यवि वृषा वज्र्यरोरवीत् । वृत्रहा सोमपातमः ॥
vāvṛdhāna upa dyavi vṛṣā vajry aroravīt | vṛtrahā somapātamaḥ ||

English translation:

“The vast wielder of the thunderbolt, the slayer of Vṛtra, the deep quaffer of the Soma, the showerer,roars near at hand in the sky.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

व॒वृ॒धा॒नः । उप॑ । द्यवि॑ । वृषा॑ । व॒ज्री । अ॒रो॒र॒वी॒त् । वृ॒त्र॒ऽहा । सो॒म॒ऽपात॑मः ॥
ववृधानः । उप । द्यवि । वृषा । वज्री । अरोरवीत् । वृत्रहा । सोमपातमः ॥
vavṛdhānaḥ | upa | dyavi | vṛṣā | vajrī | aroravīt | vṛtra-hā | soma-pātamaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.6.40 English analysis of grammar]

vāvṛdhāna < vāvṛdhānaḥ < vṛdh

[verb noun], nominative, singular

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

upa

[adverb]

“towards; on; next.”

dyavi < div

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”

vṛṣā < vṛṣan

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“bull; Indra; stallion; Vṛṣan; man.”

vajry < vajrī < vajrin

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Indra; vajra; Euphorbia neriifolia L.; abhra; Buddha.”

aroravīt < roro < √ru

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“bellow.”

vṛtrahā < vṛtra

[noun], masculine

“Vṛtra; vṛtra [word].”

vṛtrahā < < han

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“killing; curative; destroying; removing; māraka; stabbing.”

somapātamaḥ < soma

[noun], masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

somapātamaḥ < pātamaḥ < pātama

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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