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 8.24.17

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इन्द्र॑ स्थातर्हरीणां॒ नकि॑ष्टे पू॒र्व्यस्तु॑तिम् । उदा॑नंश॒ शव॑सा॒ न भ॒न्दना॑ ॥
इन्द्र स्थातर्हरीणां नकिष्टे पूर्व्यस्तुतिम् । उदानंश शवसा न भन्दना ॥
indra sthātar harīṇāṃ nakiṣ ṭe pūrvyastutim | ud ānaṃśa śavasā na bhandanā ||

English translation:

Indra, ruler of horses, no one surpasses your ancient praise, either for force or for fame.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

None ismightier or more praiseworthy (or richer) than you

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): viśvamanā vaiyaśvaḥ [viśvamanā vaiyaśva];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): pādanicṛduṣṇik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इन्द्र॑ । स्था॒तः॒ । ह॒री॒णा॒म् । नकिः॑ । ते॒ । पू॒र्व्यऽस्तु॑तिम् । उत् । आ॒नं॒श॒ । शव॑सा । न । भ॒न्दना॑ ॥
इन्द्र । स्थातः । हरीणाम् । नकिः । ते । पूर्व्यस्तुतिम् । उत् । आनंश । शवसा । न । भन्दना ॥
indra | sthātaḥ | harīṇām | nakiḥ | te | pūrvya-stutim | ut | ānaṃśa | śavasā | na | bhandanā

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.24.17 English analysis of grammar]

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

sthātar < sthātṛ

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“driver.”

harīṇāṃ < harīṇām < hari

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“Vishnu; monkey; Krishna; horse; lion; Indra; Hari; Surya; Hari; haritāla; Hari; snake; frog.”

nakiṣ < nakir

[adverb]

“not.”

ṭe < te < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

pūrvyastutim < pūrvya

[noun]

“first; precedent; age-old; excellent; former(a).”

pūrvyastutim < stutim < stuti

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“praise; encomium; praise.”

ud

[adverb]

“up.”

ānaṃśa <

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“get; reach; enter (a state).”

śavasā < śavas

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“strength; power; superiority.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

bhandanā

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

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