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 8.32.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यः सृबि॑न्द॒मन॑र्शनिं॒ पिप्रुं॑ दा॒सम॑ही॒शुव॑म् । वधी॑दु॒ग्रो रि॒णन्न॒पः ॥
यः सृबिन्दमनर्शनिं पिप्रुं दासमहीशुवम् । वधीदुग्रो रिणन्नपः ॥
yaḥ sṛbindam anarśanim pipruṃ dāsam ahīśuvam | vadhīd ugro riṇann apaḥ ||

English translation:

“The fierce (deity) who, liberating the waters, has slain Sṛbinda, Anarśani, Pipru, Dāsa and Ahiśuva.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

The slave: dāsa = a proper name; dāsam ca ahiśuvam ca

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यः । सृबि॑न्दम् । अन॑र्शनिम् । पिप्रु॑म् । दा॒सम् । अ॒ही॒शुव॑म् । वधी॑त् । उ॒ग्रः । रि॒णन् । अ॒पः ॥
यः । सृबिन्दम् । अनर्शनिम् । पिप्रुम् । दासम् । अहीशुवम् । वधीत् । उग्रः । रिणन् । अपः ॥
yaḥ | sṛbindam | anarśanim | piprum | dāsam | ahīśuvam | vadhīt | ugraḥ | riṇan | apaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.32.2 English analysis of grammar]

yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

sṛbindam < sṛbinda

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

anarśanim < anarśani

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

pipruṃ < piprum < pipru

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Pipru.”

dāsam < dāsa

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“slave; Dāsa; servant; savage; Shudra.”

ahīśuvam < ahīśuva

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Ahīśuva.”

vadhīd < vadhīt < vadh

[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)

“kill; assail; kick; māray; destroy; beat.”

ugro < ugraḥ < ugra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“powerful; awful; dangerous; intense; mighty; potent; colicky; atrocious.”

riṇann < riṇan < ri

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“free; liberate; run; let go of.”

apaḥ < ap

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”

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