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 8.7.24

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अनु॑ त्रि॒तस्य॒ युध्य॑त॒: शुष्म॑मावन्नु॒त क्रतु॑म् । अन्विन्द्रं॑ वृत्र॒तूर्ये॑ ॥
अनु त्रितस्य युध्यतः शुष्ममावन्नुत क्रतुम् । अन्विन्द्रं वृत्रतूर्ये ॥
anu tritasya yudhyataḥ śuṣmam āvann uta kratum | anv indraṃ vṛtratūrye ||

English translation:

“They have come to the aid of the warring Trita, invigorating his strength, and (animating) his acts; theyhave come to the aid of Indra, for the destruction of Vṛtra.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अनु॑ । त्रि॒तस्य॑ । युध्य॑तः । शुष्म॑म् । आ॒व॒न् । उ॒त । क्रतु॑म् । अनु॑ । इन्द्र॑म् । वृ॒त्र॒ऽतूर्ये॑ ॥
अनु । त्रितस्य । युध्यतः । शुष्मम् । आवन् । उत । क्रतुम् । अनु । इन्द्रम् । वृत्रतूर्ये ॥
anu | tritasya | yudhyataḥ | śuṣmam | āvan | uta | kratum | anu | indram | vṛtra-tūrye

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.7.24 English analysis of grammar]

anu

[adverb]

“subsequently; behind; along; towards; because.”

tritasya < trita

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“Trita.”

yudhyataḥ < yudh

[verb noun], genitive, singular

“fight; overcome.”

śuṣmam < śuṣma

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“vigor; energy; fire; hiss; courage.”

āvann < āvan < av

[verb], plural, Imperfect

“support; help; prefer; prefer; like.”

uta

[adverb]

“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”

kratum < kratu

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“yajña; decision; plan; deliberation; intelligence; Kratu; will; kratu [word]; desire; resoluteness; ritual.”

anv < anu

[adverb]

“subsequently; behind; along; towards; because.”

indraṃ < indram < indra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

vṛtratūrye < vṛtratūrya

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“battle.”

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