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 8.89.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यज्जाय॑था अपूर्व्य॒ मघ॑वन्वृत्र॒हत्या॑य । तत्पृ॑थि॒वीम॑प्रथय॒स्तद॑स्तभ्ना उ॒त द्याम् ॥
यज्जायथा अपूर्व्य मघवन्वृत्रहत्याय । तत्पृथिवीमप्रथयस्तदस्तभ्ना उत द्याम् ॥
yaj jāyathā apūrvya maghavan vṛtrahatyāya | tat pṛthivīm aprathayas tad astabhnā uta dyām ||
English translation:
“Maghavan, who had none before you, when you were born for the slaying of Vṛtra, then you did spreadabroad the earth, then you did prop up the heavens.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): nṛmedhapurumedhau;Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): virāḍanuṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यत् । जाय॑थ । अ॒पू॒र्व्य॒ । मघ॑ऽवन् । वृ॒त्र॒ऽहत्या॑य । तत् । पृ॒थि॒वीम् । अ॒प्र॒थ॒यः॒ । तत् । अ॒स्त॒भ्नाः॒ । उ॒त । द्याम् ॥
यत् । जायथ । अपूर्व्य । मघवन् । वृत्रहत्याय । तत् । पृथिवीम् । अप्रथयः । तत् । अस्तभ्नाः । उत । द्याम् ॥
yat | jāyatha | apūrvya | magha-van | vṛtra-hatyāya | tat | pṛthivīm | aprathayaḥ | tat | astabhnāḥ | uta | dyām
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.89.5 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”
[verb], singular, Present injunctive
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“incomparable.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; maghavan [word].”
[noun], masculine
“Vṛtra; vṛtra [word].”
[noun], dative, singular, neuter
“killing.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“Earth; pṛthivī; floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī [word]; land.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“spread; proclaim.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“paralyze; stiffen; fixate; fixate; stambh; rear; stop; strengthen; constipate.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”