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 8.92.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पु॒रु॒हू॒तं पु॑रुष्टु॒तं गा॑था॒न्यं१॒॑ सन॑श्रुतम् । इन्द्र॒ इति॑ ब्रवीतन ॥
पुरुहूतं पुरुष्टुतं गाथान्यं सनश्रुतम् । इन्द्र इति ब्रवीतन ॥
puruhūtam puruṣṭutaṃ gāthānyaṃ sanaśrutam | indra iti bravītana ||

English translation:

“Proclaim that deity as Indra, who is invoked by many, who is praised by many, who is worthy of songsand renowned as eternal.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śrutakakṣaḥ sukakṣo vā [śrutakakṣa sukakṣa vā];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पु॒रु॒ऽहू॒तम् । पु॒रु॒ऽस्तु॒तम् । गा॒था॒न्य॑म् । सन॑ऽश्रुतम् । इन्द्रः॑ । इति॑ । ब्र॒वी॒त॒न॒ ॥
पुरुहूतम् । पुरुस्तुतम् । गाथान्यम् । सनश्रुतम् । इन्द्रः । इति । ब्रवीतन ॥
puru-hūtam | puru-stutam | gāthānyam | sana-śrutam | indraḥ | iti | bravītana

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.92.2 English analysis of grammar]

puruhūtam < puruhūta

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Indra; Vishnu.”

puruṣṭutaṃ < puruṣṭutam < puruṣṭuta

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Indra; Vishnu; Agni.”

gāthānyaṃ < gāthānyam < gāthānī

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

sanaśrutam < sana

[noun]

“age-old; ancient.”

sanaśrutam < śrutam < śru

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“listen; come to know; hear; hear; listen; study; heed; learn.”

indra < indraḥ < indra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

iti

[adverb]

“thus; so; iti [word].”

bravītana < brū

[verb], plural, Present imperative

“say; tell; describe; speak; state; answer; call; explain; address; proclaim; talk; talk; choose.”

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