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 8.46.1

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्वाव॑तः पुरूवसो व॒यमि॑न्द्र प्रणेतः । स्मसि॑ स्थातर्हरीणाम् ॥
त्वावतः पुरूवसो वयमिन्द्र प्रणेतः । स्मसि स्थातर्हरीणाम् ॥
tvāvataḥ purūvaso vayam indra praṇetaḥ | smasi sthātar harīṇām ||

English translation:

“O wealthy Indra, the leader (of rites), we belong to one like you, ruler of horses.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

We belong to one likeyou: since none other is like you, we are yours

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vaśo'śvyaḥ [vaśa aśvya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): pādanicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्वाऽव॑तः । पु॒रु॒व॒सो॒ इति॑ पुरुऽवसो । व॒यम् । इ॒न्द्र॒ । प्र॒ने॒त॒रिति॑ प्रऽनेतः । स्मसि॑ । स्था॒तः॒ । ह॒री॒णा॒म् ॥
त्वावतः । पुरुवसो इति पुरुवसो । वयम् । इन्द्र । प्रनेतरिति प्रनेतः । स्मसि । स्थातः । हरीणाम् ॥
tvāvataḥ | puruvaso itipuru-vaso | vayam | indra | pranetaritipra-netaḥ | smasi | sthātaḥ | harīṇām

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.46.1 English analysis of grammar]

tvāvataḥ < tvāvat

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

purūvaso < purūvasu

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“rich.”

vayam < mad

[noun], nominative, plural

“I; mine.”

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

praṇetaḥ < praṇetar < praṇetṛ

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“leader.”

smasi < as

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”

sthātar < sthātṛ

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“driver.”

harīṇām < hari

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

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

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