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 8.40.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अपि॑ वृश्च पुराण॒वद्व्र॒तते॑रिव गुष्पि॒तमोजो॑ दा॒सस्य॑ दम्भय । व॒यं तद॑स्य॒ सम्भृ॑तं॒ वस्विन्द्रे॑ण॒ वि भ॑जेमहि॒ नभ॑न्तामन्य॒के स॑मे ॥
अपि वृश्च पुराणवद्व्रततेरिव गुष्पितमोजो दासस्य दम्भय । वयं तदस्य सम्भृतं वस्विन्द्रेण वि भजेमहि नभन्तामन्यके समे ॥
api vṛśca purāṇavad vratater iva guṣpitam ojo dāsasya dambhaya | vayaṃ tad asya sambhṛtaṃ vasv indreṇa vi bhajemahi nabhantām anyake same ||
English translation:
“Cut off (the foe), Indra, as and old (pruner) the protruding (branch) of a creeper, humble the strength ofthe Dāsa; may we divide his accusative ulated treasure (despoiled) by Indra; may all our adversaries perish.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): nābhākaḥ kāṇvaḥ [nābhāka kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indrāgnī ;
Chandas (meter): bhurigjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अपि॑ । वृ॒श्च॒ । पु॒रा॒ण॒ऽवत् । व्र॒ततेः॑ऽइव । गु॒ष्पि॒तम् । ओजः॑ । दा॒सस्य॑ । द॒म्भ॒य॒ । व॒यम् । तत् । अ॒स्य॒ । सम्ऽभृ॑तम् । वसु॑ । इन्द्रे॑ण । वि । भ॒जे॒म॒हि॒ । नभ॑न्ताम् । अ॒न्य॒के । स॒मे॒ ॥
अपि । वृश्च । पुराणवत् । व्रततेःइव । गुष्पितम् । ओजः । दासस्य । दम्भय । वयम् । तत् । अस्य । सम्भृतम् । वसु । इन्द्रेण । वि । भजेमहि । नभन्ताम् । अन्यके । समे ॥
api | vṛśca | purāṇa-vat | vratateḥ-iva | guṣpitam | ojaḥ | dāsasya | dambhaya | vayam | tat | asya | sam-bhṛtam | vasu | indreṇa | vi | bhajemahi | nabhantām | anyake | same
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.40.6 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“besides; even; surely; though; furthermore; among; contrastingly; assuredly.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“cleave; fell; cut off; hew.”
[noun]
“age-old; stale; old; old; traditional; aged.”
[adverb]
“equally; like.”
[noun], genitive, singular, feminine
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“strength; power; ojas; ojas [word]; potency; might.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“slave; Dāsa; servant; savage; Shudra.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“subjugate; destroy.”
[noun], nominative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“gather; collect; fill; mix; fill into; produce.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“wealth; property; gold; vasu [word]; ruby; treasure; jewel.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[verb], plural, Present optative
“eat; enjoy; enter (a state); worship; love; flee; possess; fall to one's share; partake; share; get; approach; love; use.”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“burst.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“other; another(a).”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“like; like; alike(p); level; symmetrical; balanced; average; same; regular; impartial; imperturbable; even; sama [word]; every(a); accurate; identical; fair; equal; synonymous; changeless; whole; exact; calm; straight; even; wide.”