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 8.24.10
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
आ वृ॑षस्व महामह म॒हे नृ॑तम॒ राध॑से । दृ॒ळ्हश्चि॑द्दृह्य मघवन्म॒घत्त॑ये ॥
आ वृषस्व महामह महे नृतम राधसे । दृळ्हश्चिद्दृह्य मघवन्मघत्तये ॥
ā vṛṣasva mahāmaha mahe nṛtama rādhase | dṛḻhaś cid dṛhya maghavan maghattaye ||
English translation:
“Most adorable, chief leader (of men), invigorate (yourself with the Soma) for (the conquest of) greatwealth; consume, Maghavan, the strong (cities of the asuras) for the rich spoil.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): viśvamanā vaiyaśvaḥ [viśvamanā vaiyaśva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): uṣṇik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
आ । वृ॒ष॒स्व॒ । म॒हा॒ऽम॒ह॒ । म॒हे । नृ॒ऽत॒म॒ । राध॑से । दृ॒ळ्हः । चि॒त् । दृ॒ह्य॒ । म॒घ॒ऽव॒न् । म॒घत्त॑ये ॥
आ । वृषस्व । महामह । महे । नृतम । राधसे । दृळ्हः । चित् । दृह्य । मघवन् । मघत्तये ॥
ā | vṛṣasva | mahāmaha | mahe | nṛ-tama | rādhase | dṛḷhaḥ | cit | dṛhya | magha-van | maghattaye
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.24.10 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“shower; rain; effuse; shower; drench.”
[noun]
“large; eminent; great; loud; dangerous; strong; long; high; much(a); mahant [word]; ample; very; great; adult; important; dark; high; abundant; violent; remarkable; mighty; big; long.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“great; abundant.”
[noun], dative, singular, neuter
“great; great; distinguished; much(a); adult; long; high.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
[noun], dative, singular, neuter
“gift; munificence; liberality; bounty.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“hard; intense; firm; fixed; resolute; mesomorphic; grim; dṛḍha [word]; rainproof; sturdy; shut; firm; insoluble; strong; tough; tight.”
[adverb]
“even; indeed.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“fixate; strengthen.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; maghavan [word].”
[noun], dative, singular, feminine