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 8.93.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यद॒द्य कच्च॑ वृत्रहन्नु॒दगा॑ अ॒भि सू॑र्य । सर्वं॒ तदि॑न्द्र ते॒ वशे॑ ॥
यदद्य कच्च वृत्रहन्नुदगा अभि सूर्य । सर्वं तदिन्द्र ते वशे ॥
yad adya kac ca vṛtrahann udagā abhi sūrya | sarvaṃ tad indra te vaśe ||

English translation:

“Whatsoever, O Sun, slayr of Vṛtra, you have risen upon today-- it is all, Indra, under your power.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यत् । अ॒द्य । कत् । च॒ । वृ॒त्र॒ऽह॒न् । उ॒त्ऽअगाः॑ । अ॒भि । सू॒र्य॒ । सर्व॑म् । तत् । इ॒न्द्र॒ । ते॒ । वशे॑ ॥
यत् । अद्य । कत् । च । वृत्रहन् । उत्अगाः । अभि । सूर्य । सर्वम् । तत् । इन्द्र । ते । वशे ॥
yat | adya | kat | ca | vṛtra-han | ut-agāḥ | abhi | sūrya | sarvam | tat | indra | te | vaśe

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.93.4 English analysis of grammar]

yad < yat < yad

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

adya

[adverb]

“now; today; then; nowadays; adya [word].”

kac < kad < ka

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“what; who; ka [pronoun].”

ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

vṛtrahann < vṛtra

[noun], masculine

“Vṛtra; vṛtra [word].”

vṛtrahann < han

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“killing; curative; destroying; removing; māraka; stabbing.”

udagā < udagāḥ < udgā < √gā

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

abhi

[adverb]

“towards; on.”

sūrya

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”

sarvaṃ < sarvam < sarva

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“all(a); whole; complete; sarva [word]; every(a); each(a); all; entire; sāṃnipātika; manifold; complete; all the(a); different; overall.”

tad < tat < tad

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

te < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

vaśe < vaśa

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“control; dominion; influence; power; Vaśa; vaśa [word]; will; authority; control; wish; supervision.”

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