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 8.14.14

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

मा॒याभि॑रु॒त्सिसृ॑प्सत॒ इन्द्र॒ द्यामा॒रुरु॑क्षतः । अव॒ दस्यूँ॑रधूनुथाः ॥
मायाभिरुत्सिसृप्सत इन्द्र द्यामारुरुक्षतः । अव दस्यूँरधूनुथाः ॥
māyābhir utsisṛpsata indra dyām ārurukṣataḥ | ava dasyūm̐r adhūnuthāḥ ||

English translation:

“You have hurled down, Indra, the Dasyus, gliding upwards by their devices and ascending to heaven.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): goṣūktyaśvasūktinau kāṇvāyanau;
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

मा॒याभिः॑ । उ॒त्ऽसिसृ॑प्सतः । इन्द्र॑ । द्याम् । आ॒ऽरुरु॑क्षतः । अव॑ । दस्यू॑न् । अ॒धू॒नु॒थाः॒ ॥
मायाभिः । उत्सिसृप्सतः । इन्द्र । द्याम् । आरुरुक्षतः । अव । दस्यून् । अधूनुथाः ॥
māyābhiḥ | ut-sisṛpsataḥ | indra | dyām | ārurukṣataḥ | ava | dasyūn | adhūnuthāḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.14.14 English analysis of grammar]

māyābhir < māyābhiḥ < māyā

[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine

“magic trick; Māyā; deception; illusion; māyā [word]; disguise; trick.”

utsisṛpsata < utsisṛpsataḥ < utsisṛps < √sṛp

[verb noun], accusative, plural

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

dyām < div

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

ārurukṣataḥ < ārurukṣ < √ruh

[verb noun], accusative, plural

ava

[adverb]

“down.”

dasyūṃr < dasyu

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“savage; outcast; mugger.”

adhūnuthāḥ < dhū

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“shake; remove; chase away.”

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