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 8.17.9

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इन्द्र॒ प्रेहि॑ पु॒रस्त्वं विश्व॒स्येशा॑न॒ ओज॑सा । वृ॒त्राणि॑ वृत्रहञ्जहि ॥
इन्द्र प्रेहि पुरस्त्वं विश्वस्येशान ओजसा । वृत्राणि वृत्रहञ्जहि ॥
indra prehi puras tvaṃ viśvasyeśāna ojasā | vṛtrāṇi vṛtrahañ jahi ||

English translation:

Indra, who by your strength are the lord over all, come to us, slayer of Vṛtra, subdue our foes.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इन्द्र॑ । प्र । इ॒हि॒ । पु॒रः । त्वम् । विश्व॑स्य । ईशा॑नः । ओज॑सा । वृ॒त्राणि॑ । वृ॒त्र॒ऽह॒न् । ज॒हि॒ ॥
इन्द्र । प्र । इहि । पुरः । त्वम् । विश्वस्य । ईशानः । ओजसा । वृत्राणि । वृत्रहन् । जहि ॥
indra | pra | ihi | puraḥ | tvam | viśvasya | īśānaḥ | ojasā | vṛtrāṇi | vṛtra-han | jahi

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.17.9 English analysis of grammar]

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

prehi < pre < √i

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“die; proceed; advance; continue; begin; depart.”

puras

[adverb]

“ahead; puras [word]; easterly; eastward; east; earlier.”

tvaṃ < tvam < tvad

[noun], nominative, singular

“you.”

viśvasyeśāna < viśvasya < viśva

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

viśvasyeśāna < īśānaḥ < īś

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“govern; command; master; dominate; can; reign; control; own.”

ojasā < ojas

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“strength; power; ojas; ojas [word]; potency; might.”

vṛtrāṇi < vṛtra

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“enemy.”

vṛtrahañ < vṛtrahan

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Indra.”

jahi < han

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“kill; cure; māray; remove; destroy; hit; injure; damage; destroy; paralyze; hurt; forge; beat; cut off; stop; overwhelm; kick; hunt; affect; strike; hammer; love; obstruct; shoot.”

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