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 8.63.7

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यत्पाञ्च॑जन्यया वि॒शेन्द्रे॒ घोषा॒ असृ॑क्षत । अस्तृ॑णाद्ब॒र्हणा॑ वि॒पो॒३॒॑ऽर्यो मान॑स्य॒ स क्षय॑: ॥
यत्पाञ्चजन्यया विशेन्द्रे घोषा असृक्षत । अस्तृणाद्बर्हणा विपोऽर्यो मानस्य स क्षयः ॥
yat pāñcajanyayā viśendre ghoṣā asṛkṣata | astṛṇād barhaṇā vipo 'ryo mānasya sa kṣayaḥ ||

English translation:

“When praises are addressed to Indra by the men of the five classes, he destroys their enemies by hismight; he, the lord, is the abode of the worshipper's homage.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यत् । पाञ्च॑ऽजन्यया । वि॒शा । इन्द्रे॑ । घोषाः॑ । असृ॑क्षत । अस्तृ॑णात् । ब॒र्हणा॑ । वि॒पः । अ॒र्यः । मान॑स्य । सः । क्षयः॑ ॥
यत् । पाञ्चजन्यया । विशा । इन्द्रे । घोषाः । असृक्षत । अस्तृणात् । बर्हणा । विपः । अर्यः । मानस्य । सः । क्षयः ॥
yat | pāñca-janyayā | viśā | indre | ghoṣāḥ | asṛkṣata | astṛṇāt | barhaṇā | vipaḥ | aryaḥ | mānasya | saḥ | kṣayaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.63.7 English analysis of grammar]

yat

[adverb]

“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”

pāñcajanyayā < pāñcajanya

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“worldwide.”

viśendre < viśā < viś

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“people; tribe; Vaisya; national; viś; real property; Vaisya.”

viśendre < indre < indra

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

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

ghoṣā < ghoṣāḥ < ghoṣa

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“sound; noise; cry; voice; ghoṣa [word]; station; Ghoṣa; post; twang.”

asṛkṣata < sṛj

[verb], plural, Athematic s aor. (Ind.)

“create; shoot; discharge; free; cause; throw; emit; send; produce; use; be born; make.”

astṛṇād < astṛṇāt < stṛ

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“spread; kill; lay; cover.”

barhaṇā

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“power; might.”

vipo < vipaḥ < vip

[noun], genitive, singular, feminine

'ryo < aryaḥ < ari

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

mānasya < māna

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“weight; size; intensity; duration; dimension; weighing; volume; measure; grāsamāna; weight unit; accord; height; thickness.”

sa < tad

[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.”

kṣayaḥ < kṣaya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“dwelling; house; kṣaya [word]; home; family.”

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