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 8.12.9
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इन्द्र॒: सूर्य॑स्य र॒श्मिभि॒र्न्य॑र्शसा॒नमो॑षति । अ॒ग्निर्वने॑व सास॒हिः प्र वा॑वृधे ॥
इन्द्रः सूर्यस्य रश्मिभिर्न्यर्शसानमोषति । अग्निर्वनेव सासहिः प्र वावृधे ॥
indraḥ sūryasya raśmibhir ny arśasānam oṣati | agnir vaneva sāsahiḥ pra vāvṛdhe ||
English translation:
“Indra, with the rays of the sun, utterly consumes his adversary; like fire (burning) the forests, hespreads victorious.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): parvataḥ kāṇvaḥ [parvata kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛduṣṇik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इन्द्रः॑ । सूर्य॑स्य । र॒श्मिऽभिः॑ । नि । अ॒र्श॒सा॒नम् । ओ॒ष॒ति॒ । अ॒ग्निः । वना॑ऽइव । स॒स॒हिः । प्र । व॒वृ॒धे॒ ॥
इन्द्रः । सूर्यस्य । रश्मिभिः । नि । अर्शसानम् । ओषति । अग्निः । वनाइव । ससहिः । प्र । ववृधे ॥
indraḥ | sūryasya | raśmi-bhiḥ | ni | arśasānam | oṣati | agniḥ | vanāiva | sasahiḥ | pra | vavṛdhe
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.12.9 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“beam; rein; sunbeam; shininess; cord.”
[adverb]
“back; down.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“burn; punish.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“forest; wood; tree; grove; vana [word]; forest; brush.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“victorious.”
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”