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 8.77.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
समित्तान्वृ॑त्र॒हाखि॑द॒त्खे अ॒राँ इ॑व॒ खेद॑या । प्रवृ॑द्धो दस्यु॒हाभ॑वत् ॥
समित्तान्वृत्रहाखिदत्खे अराँ इव खेदया । प्रवृद्धो दस्युहाभवत् ॥
sam it tān vṛtrahākhidat khe arām̐ iva khedayā | pravṛddho dasyuhābhavat ||
English translation:
“The slayer of Vṛtra dragged them along as spokes (are tied fast) with a rope in the nave of a chariotwheel; he swelled in vigour, the slayer of enemies.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
With a rope: cf. RV 8.72.8
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kurusutiḥ kāṇvaḥ [kurusuti kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सम् । इत् । तान् । वृ॒त्र॒ऽहा । अ॒खि॒द॒त् । खे । अ॒रान्ऽइ॑व । खेद॑या । प्रऽवृ॑द्धः । द॒स्यु॒हा । अ॒भ॒व॒त् ॥
सम् । इत् । तान् । वृत्रहा । अखिदत् । खे । अरान्इव । खेदया । प्रवृद्धः । दस्युहा । अभवत् ॥
sam | it | tān | vṛtra-hā | akhidat | khe | arān-iva | khedayā | pra-vṛddhaḥ | dasyuhā | abhavat
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.77.3 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“sam; together; together; saṃ.”
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“tire; depress; press down.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“sky; abhra; orifice; ākāśa; hub; aperture; air; hollow; cavity; air.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“increase; develop; advance.”
[noun], masculine
“savage; outcast; mugger.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“killing; curative; destroying; removing; māraka; stabbing.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”