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 8.90.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ब्रह्मा॑ त इन्द्र गिर्वणः क्रि॒यन्ते॒ अन॑तिद्भुता । इ॒मा जु॑षस्व हर्यश्व॒ योज॒नेन्द्र॒ या ते॒ अम॑न्महि ॥
ब्रह्मा त इन्द्र गिर्वणः क्रियन्ते अनतिद्भुता । इमा जुषस्व हर्यश्व योजनेन्द्र या ते अमन्महि ॥
brahmā ta indra girvaṇaḥ kriyante anatidbhutā | imā juṣasva haryaśva yojanendra yā te amanmahi ||

English translation:

Indra, who are the object of hymns, unexaggerated praises are offered by us; lord of bay steeds, acceptthese fitting hymns, which we have meditated for you.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Unexaggerated: anatidbhutā = sarvān atikramya nabhavanti, indraguṇavyāpakāni yathārthabhūtāni;

Atibhūta = adbhuta;

Hymns: yojana = stotra (RV1.88.5)

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): nṛmedhapurumedhau;
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): virāḍbṛhatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ब्रह्म॑ । ते॒ । इ॒न्द्र॒ । गि॒र्व॒णः॒ । क्रि॒यन्ते॑ । अन॑तिद्भुता । इ॒मा । जु॒ष॒स्व॒ । ह॒रि॒ऽअ॒श्व॒ । योज॑ना । इन्द्र॑ । या । ते॒ । अम॑न्महि ॥
ब्रह्म । ते । इन्द्र । गिर्वणः । क्रियन्ते । अनतिद्भुता । इमा । जुषस्व । हरिअश्व । योजना । इन्द्र । या । ते । अमन्महि ॥
brahma | te | indra | girvaṇaḥ | kriyante | anatidbhutā | imā | juṣasva | hari-aśva | yojanā | indra | yā | te | amanmahi

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.90.3 English analysis of grammar]

brahmā < brahman

[noun], nominative, plural, neuter

“brahman; mantra; prayer; spell; Veda; Brahmin; sacred text; final emancipation; hymn; brahman [word]; Brāhmaṇa; study.”

ta < te < tvad

[noun], dative, singular

“you.”

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

girvaṇaḥ < girvaṇas

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

kriyante < kṛ

[verb], plural, Indikativ Pr¦s. Passiv

“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.”

anatidbhutā < anatidbhuta

[noun], nominative, plural, neuter

imā < idam

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

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

juṣasva < juṣ

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“enjoy; endow; possess; frequent; accompany; induce; consume; approve; affect; attend; befit; blend; contract.”

haryaśva

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Indra; Haryaśva.”

yojanendra < yojanā < yojana

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“yojana; use; yojana [word]; team.”

yojanendra < indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

< yad

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

te < tvad

[noun], dative, singular

“you.”

amanmahi < man

[verb], plural, Root aorist (Ind.)

“think of; name; believe; teach; honor; deem; recommend; approve; think; define; call; respect; believe; enumerate; understand; see; describe.”

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