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 8.91.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इ॒मानि॒ त्रीणि॑ वि॒ष्टपा॒ तानी॑न्द्र॒ वि रो॑हय । शिर॑स्त॒तस्यो॒र्वरा॒मादि॒दं म॒ उपो॒दरे॑ ॥
इमानि त्रीणि विष्टपा तानीन्द्र वि रोहय । शिरस्ततस्योर्वरामादिदं म उपोदरे ॥
imāni trīṇi viṣṭapā tānīndra vi rohaya | śiras tatasyorvarām ād idam ma upodare ||
English translation:
“These hree plural ces-- do you cause them all to grow-- my father's (bald) head, his (barren) field, and mybody.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): apālātreyī;Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): virāḍanuṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इ॒मानि॑ । त्रीणि॑ । वि॒ष्टपा॑ । तानि॑ । इ॒न्द्र॒ । वि । रो॒ह॒य॒ । शिरः॑ । त॒तस्य॑ । उ॒र्वरा॑म् । आत् । इ॒दम् । मे॒ । उप॑ । उ॒दरे॑ ॥
इमानि । त्रीणि । विष्टपा । तानि । इन्द्र । वि । रोहय । शिरः । ततस्य । उर्वराम् । आत् । इदम् । मे । उप । उदरे ॥
imāni | trīṇi | viṣṭapā | tāni | indra | vi | rohaya | śiraḥ | tatasya | urvarām | āt | idam | me | upa | udare
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.91.5 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“three; tri/tisṛ [word].”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“surface.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“head; top; peak; battlefront; śiras [word]; beginning; skull.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“father; Pitṛ.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“field; Urvarā.”
[adverb]
“then.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“I; mine.”
[adverb]
“towards; on; next.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“udara; cavity; abdomen; inside; stomach; belly; udara [word]; garbha; abdominal disease; intestine; inside; uterus; vessel.”