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 8.80.1

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

न॒ह्य१॒॑न्यं ब॒ळाक॑रं मर्डि॒तारं॑ शतक्रतो । त्वं न॑ इन्द्र मृळय ॥
नह्यन्यं बळाकरं मर्डितारं शतक्रतो । त्वं न इन्द्र मृळय ॥
nahy anyam baḻākaram marḍitāraṃ śatakrato | tvaṃ na indra mṛḻaya ||

English translation:

“Other than you, Śatakratu, I know no bestower of happiness; Indra, do you make us happy.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): ekadyūrnaudhasaḥ [ekadyūrnaudhasa];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): virāḍgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

न॒हि । अ॒न्यम् । ब॒ला । अक॑रम् । म॒र्डि॒तार॑म् । श॒त॒क्र॒तो॒ इति॑ शतऽक्रतो । त्वम् । नः॒ । इ॒न्द्र॒ । मृ॒ळ॒य॒ ॥
नहि । अन्यम् । बला । अकरम् । मर्डितारम् । शतक्रतो इति शतक्रतो । त्वम् । नः । इन्द्र । मृळय ॥
nahi | anyam | balā | akaram | marḍitāram | śatakrato itiśata-krato | tvam | naḥ | indra | mṛḷaya

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.80.1 English analysis of grammar]

nahy < nahi

[adverb]

anyam < anya

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“other; another(a); remaining; different; anya [word]; other than; more(a); fresh; any(a).”

baᄆākaram < baḍā

[adverb]

baᄆākaram < akaram < kṛ

[verb], singular, Thematic aorist (Ind.)

“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.”

marḍitāraṃ < marḍitāram < marḍitṛ

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“sympathizer.”

śatakrato < śatakratu

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Indra.”

tvaṃ < tvam < tvad

[noun], nominative, singular

“you.”

na < naḥ < mad

[noun], dative, plural

“I; mine.”

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

mṛᄆaya < mṛḍaya < mṛḍay < √mṛḍ

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“pardon.”

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