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 8.55.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
भूरीदिन्द्र॑स्य वी॒र्यं१॒॑ व्यख्य॑म॒भ्याय॑ति । राध॑स्ते दस्यवे वृक ॥
भूरीदिन्द्रस्य वीर्यं व्यख्यमभ्यायति । राधस्ते दस्यवे वृक ॥
bhūrīd indrasya vīryaṃ vy akhyam abhy āyati | rādhas te dasyave vṛka ||
English translation:
“Great indeed is Indra's might; I have beheld it; your gift approaches, O Dasyaave vṛka”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
O foe to theDasyu
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kṛśaḥ kāṇvaḥ [kṛśa kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): praskaṇvasya dānastutiḥ ;
Chandas (meter): pādanicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
भूरि॑ । इत् । इन्द्र॑स्य । वी॒र्य॑म् । वि । अख्य॑म् । अ॒भि । आ । अ॒य॒ति॒ । राधः॑ । ते॒ । द॒स्य॒वे॒ । वृ॒क॒ ॥
भूरि । इत् । इन्द्रस्य । वीर्यम् । वि । अख्यम् । अभि । आ । अयति । राधः । ते । दस्यवे । वृक ॥
bhūri | it | indrasya | vīryam | vi | akhyam | abhi | ā | ayati | rādhaḥ | te | dasyave | vṛka
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.55.1 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“much; many; much(a); abundant; rich; mighty; distinguished.”
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“potency; vīrya; heroism; potency; strength; semen; power; deed; active agent; efficacy; vīryapāramitā; gold; vigor; vīrya [word]; virility; manfulness; jewel; force.”
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[verb], singular, Thematic aorist (Ind.)
“name; describe; call; enumerate; watch; know.”
[adverb]
“towards; on.”
[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“come; travel.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“gift; munificence; liberality; bounty.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“savage; outcast; mugger.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“wolf; Vṛka; vṛka [word]; Vṛka.”