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 8.76.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒यं ह॒ येन॒ वा इ॒दं स्व॑र्म॒रुत्व॑ता जि॒तम् । इन्द्रे॑ण॒ सोम॑पीतये ॥
अयं ह येन वा इदं स्वर्मरुत्वता जितम् । इन्द्रेण सोमपीतये ॥
ayaṃ ha yena vā idaṃ svar marutvatā jitam | indreṇa somapītaye ||

English translation:

“This is that Indra, by whom assisted by the Maruts, yonder heaven was conquered, to quaff the Soma.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Yonder heaven: svaḥ: all (sacrificial) actions; sarvam karma yadvedam sarvam jagat

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒यम् । ह॒ । येन॑ । वै । इ॒दम् । स्वः॑ । म॒रुत्व॑ता । जि॒तम् । इन्द्रे॑ण । सोम॑ऽपीतये ॥
अयम् । ह । येन । वै । इदम् । स्वः । मरुत्वता । जितम् । इन्द्रेण । सोमपीतये ॥
ayam | ha | yena | vai | idam | svaḥ | marutvatā | jitam | indreṇa | soma-pītaye

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.76.4 English analysis of grammar]

ayaṃ < ayam < idam

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

ha

[adverb]

“indeed; ha [word].”

yena < yad

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

< vai

[adverb]

“surely; on the other hand; vai [word]; indeed.”

idaṃ < idam

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

svar

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“sun; sky; sunlight.”

marutvatā < marutvat

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“Marut(a).”

jitam < ji

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“overcome; cure; win; conquer; control; win; succeed; remove; beat; govern; surpass; suppress.”

indreṇa < indra

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

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

somapītaye < soma

[noun], masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

somapītaye < pītaye < pīti

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

“drinking; haritāla.”

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