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 8.63.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इन्द्रे॒ विश्वा॑नि वी॒र्या॑ कृ॒तानि॒ कर्त्वा॑नि च । यम॒र्का अ॑ध्व॒रं वि॒दुः ॥
इन्द्रे विश्वानि वीर्या कृतानि कर्त्वानि च । यमर्का अध्वरं विदुः ॥
indre viśvāni vīryā kṛtāni kartvāni ca | yam arkā adhvaraṃ viduḥ ||

English translation:

“In that Indra, whom the singers know as the unharming, all past and future powers abide.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): pragāthaḥ kāṇvaḥ [pragātha kāṇva];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): virāḍgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इन्द्रे॑ । विश्वा॑नि । वी॒र्या॑ । कृ॒तानि॑ । कर्त्वा॑नि । च॒ । यम् । अ॒र्काः । अ॒ध्व॒रम् । वि॒दुः ॥
इन्द्रे । विश्वानि । वीर्या । कृतानि । कर्त्वानि । च । यम् । अर्काः । अध्वरम् । विदुः ॥
indre | viśvāni | vīryā | kṛtāni | kartvāni | ca | yam | arkāḥ | adhvaram | viduḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.63.6 English analysis of grammar]

indre < indra

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

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

viśvāni < viśva

[noun], nominative, plural, neuter

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

vīryā < vīrya

[noun], nominative, plural, neuter

“potency; vīrya; heroism; potency; strength; semen; power; deed; active agent; efficacy; vīryapāramitā; gold; vigor; vīrya [word]; virility; manfulness; jewel; force.”

kṛtāni < kṛ

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”

kartvāni < kṛ

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”

ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

yam < yad

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

arkā < arkāḥ < arka

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sun; copper; Surya; hymn; twelve; fire; beam.”

adhvaraṃ < adhvaram < adhvara

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“yajña; ceremony; adhvara [word].”

viduḥ < vid

[verb], plural, Perfect indicative

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

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