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 8.61.15
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इन्द्र॒: स्पळु॒त वृ॑त्र॒हा प॑र॒स्पा नो॒ वरे॑ण्यः । स नो॑ रक्षिषच्चर॒मं स म॑ध्य॒मं स प॒श्चात्पा॑तु नः पु॒रः ॥
इन्द्रः स्पळुत वृत्रहा परस्पा नो वरेण्यः । स नो रक्षिषच्चरमं स मध्यमं स पश्चात्पातु नः पुरः ॥
indraḥ spaḻ uta vṛtrahā paraspā no vareṇyaḥ | sa no rakṣiṣac caramaṃ sa madhyamaṃ sa paścāt pātu naḥ puraḥ ||
English translation:
“Indra, the all-knower, the slayer of Vṛtra, the protector, is to be chosen by us; may he guard our (son),our last (son), our middle (son), may he protect us from behind and before.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bhargaḥ prāgāthaḥ [bharga prāgātha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdbṛhatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इन्द्रः॑ । स्पट् । उ॒त । वृ॒त्र॒ऽहा । प॒रः॒ऽपाः । नः॒ । वरे॑ण्यः । सः । नः॒ । र॒क्षि॒ष॒त् । च॒र॒मम् । सः । म॒ध्य॒मम् । सः । प॒श्चात् । पा॒तु॒ । नः॒ । पु॒रः ॥
इन्द्रः । स्पट् । उत । वृत्रहा । परःपाः । नः । वरेण्यः । सः । नः । रक्षिषत् । चरमम् । सः । मध्यमम् । सः । पश्चात् । पातु । नः । पुरः ॥
indraḥ | spaṭ | uta | vṛtra-hā | paraḥ-pāḥ | naḥ | vareṇyaḥ | saḥ | naḥ | rakṣiṣat | caramam | saḥ | madhyamam | saḥ | paścāt | pātu | naḥ | puraḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.61.15 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“lookout; spy; spaś.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“excellent; desirable.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb], singular, Aorist conj./subj.
“protect; guard; keep; stow; govern; guard; spare; accumulate.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“last; ultimate.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“intermediate; middle; average; second; average; adult; central; moderate; mean; center(a).”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[adverb]
“subsequently; westward; paścāt [word]; after; back.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“protect; govern.”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”
[adverb]
“ahead; puras [word]; easterly; eastward; east; earlier.”