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 8.32.26

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अह॑न्वृ॒त्रमृची॑षम और्णवा॒भम॑ही॒शुव॑म् । हि॒मेना॑विध्य॒दर्बु॑दम् ॥
अहन्वृत्रमृचीषम और्णवाभमहीशुवम् । हिमेनाविध्यदर्बुदम् ॥
ahan vṛtram ṛcīṣama aurṇavābham ahīśuvam | himenāvidhyad arbudam ||

English translation:

“The brilliant Indra slew Vṛtra, Aurṇavābha, Ahiśava; he smote Arbuda with frost.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Indra: ṛcīṣama =ṛcā dīptyā sama indraḥ

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अह॑न् । वृ॒त्रम् । ऋची॑षमः । औ॒र्ण॒ऽवा॒भम् । अ॒ही॒शुव॑म् । हि॒मेन॑ । अ॒वि॒ध्य॒त् । अर्बु॑दम् ॥
अहन् । वृत्रम् । ऋचीषमः । और्णवाभम् । अहीशुवम् । हिमेन । अविध्यत् । अर्बुदम् ॥
ahan | vṛtram | ṛcīṣamaḥ | aurṇa-vābham | ahīśuvam | himena | avidhyat | arbudam

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.32.26 English analysis of grammar]

ahan < han

[verb], singular, Root aorist (Ind.)

“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.”

vṛtram < vṛtra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Vṛtra; vṛtra [word].”

ṛcīṣama < ṛcīṣamaḥ < ṛcīṣama

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Indra.”

aurṇavābham < aurṇavābha

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

ahīśuvam < ahīśuva

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Ahīśuva.”

himenāvidhyad < himena < hima

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“snow; frost; hima [word]; winter; tin; silver; pearl; sauvīrāñjana; year; ague; Himalayas; coldness.”

himenāvidhyad < avidhyat < vyadh

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“pierce; vedhay; pierce; transfix; bleed; pierce; cut off; injure.”

arbudam < arbuda

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Arbuda; Arbuda; Arbuda.”

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