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 8.16.10

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

प्र॒णे॒तारं॒ वस्यो॒ अच्छा॒ कर्ता॑रं॒ ज्योति॑: स॒मत्सु॑ । सा॒स॒ह्वांसं॑ यु॒धामित्रा॑न् ॥
प्रणेतारं वस्यो अच्छा कर्तारं ज्योतिः समत्सु । सासह्वांसं युधामित्रान् ॥
praṇetāraṃ vasyo acchā kartāraṃ jyotiḥ samatsu | sāsahvāṃsaṃ yudhāmitrān ||

English translation:

“Him (they magnify) who brings before them the spoil, who gives lustre in combats, who overcomesenemies in battle.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Or, by his weapon, āyudhena

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

प्र॒ऽने॒तार॑म् । वस्यः॑ । अच्छ॑ । कर्ता॑रम् । ज्योतिः॑ । स॒मत्ऽसु॑ । स॒स॒ह्वांस॑म् । यु॒धा । अ॒मित्रा॑न् ॥
प्रनेतारम् । वस्यः । अच्छ । कर्तारम् । ज्योतिः । समत्सु । ससह्वांसम् । युधा । अमित्रान् ॥
pra-netāram | vasyaḥ | accha | kartāram | jyotiḥ | samat-su | sasahvāṃsam | yudhā | amitrān

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.16.10 English analysis of grammar]

praṇetāraṃ < praṇetāram < praṇetṛ

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

vasyo < vasyaḥ < vasyas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“good fortune; well-being.”

acchā

[adverb]

“towards; accha [prefix].”

kartāraṃ < kartāram < kartṛ

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“causing; making; doing; active.”

jyotiḥ < jyotis

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“light; star; luminosity; fire; jyotis [word]; digestion; planet; light; sunlight.”

samatsu < samad

[noun], locative, plural, masculine

“conflict; strife.”

sāsahvāṃsaṃ < sāsahvāṃsam < sah

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“endure; overcome; habituate.”

yudhāmitrān < yudhā < yudh

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“battle; fight; war; combat.”

yudhāmitrān < amitrān < amitra

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“enemy; foe.”

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