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 8.89.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्र व॒ इन्द्रा॑य बृह॒ते मरु॑तो॒ ब्रह्मा॑र्चत । वृ॒त्रं ह॑नति वृत्र॒हा श॒तक्र॑तु॒र्वज्रे॑ण श॒तप॑र्वणा ॥
प्र व इन्द्राय बृहते मरुतो ब्रह्मार्चत । वृत्रं हनति वृत्रहा शतक्रतुर्वज्रेण शतपर्वणा ॥
pra va indrāya bṛhate maruto brahmārcata | vṛtraṃ hanati vṛtrahā śatakratur vajreṇa śataparvaṇā ||
English translation:
“Priests, utter forth the hymn to your great Indra; let Śatakratu, the slayer of Vṛtra, smite Vṛtra with hishundred-edged thunderbolt.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): nṛmedhapurumedhau;Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdbṛhatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्र । वः॒ । इन्द्रा॑य । बृ॒ह॒ते । मरु॑तः । ब्रह्म॑ । अ॒र्च॒त॒ । वृ॒त्रम् । ह॒न॒ति॒ । वृ॒त्र॒ऽहा । श॒तऽक्र॑तुः । वज्रे॑ण । श॒तऽप॑र्वणा ॥
प्र । वः । इन्द्राय । बृहते । मरुतः । ब्रह्म । अर्चत । वृत्रम् । हनति । वृत्रहा । शतक्रतुः । वज्रेण । शतपर्वणा ॥
pra | vaḥ | indrāya | bṛhate | marutaḥ | brahma | arcata | vṛtram | hanati | vṛtra-hā | śata-kratuḥ | vajreṇa | śata-parvaṇā
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.89.3 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“you.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“large; great; loud; high; much(a); exalted; abundant; intensive; strong; huge.”
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“brahman; mantra; prayer; spell; Veda; Brahmin; sacred text; final emancipation; hymn; brahman [word]; Brāhmaṇa; study.”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“sing; worship; honor; praise; welcome.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Vṛtra; vṛtra [word].”
[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“kill; cure; māray; remove; destroy; hit; injure; damage; destroy; paralyze; hurt; forge; beat; cut off; stop; overwhelm; kick; hunt; affect; strike; hammer; love; obstruct; shoot.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“vajra; Vajra; vajra; vajra; lightning; abhra; vajramūṣā; diamond; vajra [word]; vajrakapāṭa; vajra; vaikrānta.”
[noun], neuter
“hundred; one-hundredth; śata [word].”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“joint; knot; festival; day; articulation; knot.”