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 8.68.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

प॒रोमा॑त्र॒मृची॑षम॒मिन्द्र॑मु॒ग्रं सु॒राध॑सम् । ईशा॑नं चि॒द्वसू॑नाम् ॥
परोमात्रमृचीषममिन्द्रमुग्रं सुराधसम् । ईशानं चिद्वसूनाम् ॥
paromātram ṛcīṣamam indram ugraṃ surādhasam | īśānaṃ cid vasūnām ||

English translation:

“(I invoke) Indra, the unlimited, worthy of praise, the mighty, possessing excellent wealth, the lord oftreasures (for his votaries).”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): priyamedhaḥ [priyamedha];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

प॒रःऽमा॑त्रम् । ऋची॑षमम् । इन्द्र॑म् । उ॒ग्रम् । सु॒ऽराध॑सम् । ईशा॑नम् । चि॒त् । वसू॑नाम् ॥
परःमात्रम् । ऋचीषमम् । इन्द्रम् । उग्रम् । सुराधसम् । ईशानम् । चित् । वसूनाम् ॥
paraḥ-mātram | ṛcīṣamam | indram | ugram | su-rādhasam | īśānam | cit | vasūnām

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.68.6 English analysis of grammar]

paromātram < paromātra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

ṛcīṣamam < ṛcīṣama

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Indra.”

indram < indra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

ugraṃ < ugram < ugra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“powerful; awful; dangerous; intense; mighty; potent; colicky; atrocious.”

surādhasam < su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

surādhasam < rādhasam < rādhas

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“gift; munificence; liberality; bounty.”

īśānaṃ < īśānam < īś

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“govern; command; master; dominate; can; reign; control; own.”

cid < cit

[adverb]

“even; indeed.”

vasūnām < vasu

[noun], genitive, plural, neuter

“wealth; property; gold; vasu [word]; ruby; treasure; jewel.”

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