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 8.61.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ वृ॑षस्व पुरूवसो सु॒तस्ये॒न्द्रान्ध॑सः । वि॒द्मा हि त्वा॑ हरिवः पृ॒त्सु सा॑स॒हिमधृ॑ष्टं चिद्दधृ॒ष्वणि॑म् ॥
आ वृषस्व पुरूवसो सुतस्येन्द्रान्धसः । विद्मा हि त्वा हरिवः पृत्सु सासहिमधृष्टं चिद्दधृष्वणिम् ॥
ā vṛṣasva purūvaso sutasyendrāndhasaḥ | vidmā hi tvā harivaḥ pṛtsu sāsahim adhṛṣṭaṃ cid dadhṛṣvaṇim ||

English translation:

Indra, possessor of much wealth, pour the effused Soma within you; possessor of (bright) coursers, weknow you, the overpowerer in battles, the unconquerable, the conqueror.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bhargaḥ prāgāthaḥ [bharga prāgātha];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): virāḍbṛhatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ । वृ॒ष॒स्व॒ । पु॒रु॒व॒सो॒ इति॑ पुरुऽवसो । सु॒तस्य॑ । इ॒न्द्र॒ । अन्ध॑सः । वि॒द्म । हि । त्वा॒ । ह॒रि॒ऽवः॒ । पृ॒त्ऽसु । स॒स॒हिम् । अधृ॑ष्टम् । चि॒त् । द॒धृ॒ष्वणि॑म् ॥
आ । वृषस्व । पुरुवसो इति पुरुवसो । सुतस्य । इन्द्र । अन्धसः । विद्म । हि । त्वा । हरिवः । पृत्सु । ससहिम् । अधृष्टम् । चित् । दधृष्वणिम् ॥
ā | vṛṣasva | puruvaso itipuru-vaso | sutasya | indra | andhasaḥ | vidma | hi | tvā | hari-vaḥ | pṛt-su | sasahim | adhṛṣṭam | cit | dadhṛṣvaṇim

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.61.3 English analysis of grammar]

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

vṛṣasva < vṛṣ

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“shower; rain; effuse; shower; drench.”

purūvaso < purūvasu

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“rich.”

sutasyendrāndhasaḥ < sutasya < su

[verb noun], genitive, singular

“press out; su.”

sutasyendrāndhasaḥ < indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

sutasyendrāndhasaḥ < andhasaḥ < andhas

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“Soma; drink; amṛta.”

vidmā < vidma < vid

[verb], plural, Perfect indicative

“know; diagnose; perceive; know; accord; notice; deem; mind; learn; specify; watch; recognize; detect; call.”

hi

[adverb]

“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”

tvā < tvad

[noun], accusative, singular

“you.”

harivaḥ < harivas < harivat

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

pṛtsu < pṛt

[noun], locative, plural, feminine

“battle.”

sāsahim < sāsahi

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“victorious.”

adhṛṣṭaṃ < adhṛṣṭam < adhṛṣṭa

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“modest; invincible.”

cid < cit

[adverb]

“even; indeed.”

dadhṛṣvaṇim < dadhṛṣvaṇi

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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