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 8.93.9
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
गि॒रा वज्रो॒ न सम्भृ॑त॒: सब॑लो॒ अन॑पच्युतः । व॒व॒क्ष ऋ॒ष्वो अस्तृ॑तः ॥
गिरा वज्रो न सम्भृतः सबलो अनपच्युतः । ववक्ष ऋष्वो अस्तृतः ॥
girā vajro na sambhṛtaḥ sabalo anapacyutaḥ | vavakṣa ṛṣvo astṛtaḥ ||
English translation:
“The mighty (Indra), unassailed by his foes, hastens to confer wealth on his worshippers-- renderedkeen by their praises as a weapon, full of strength and invincible.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Ṛṣvaḥ = ugraḥ
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): sukakṣaḥ [sukakṣa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
गि॒रा । वज्रः॑ । न । सम्ऽभृ॑तः । सऽब॑लः । अन॑पऽच्युतः । व॒व॒क्षे । ऋ॒ष्वः । अस्तृ॑तः ॥
गिरा । वज्रः । न । सम्भृतः । सबलः । अनपच्युतः । ववक्षे । ऋष्वः । अस्तृतः ॥
girā | vajraḥ | na | sam-bhṛtaḥ | sa-balaḥ | anapa-cyutaḥ | vavakṣe | ṛṣvaḥ | astṛtaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.93.9 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“hymn; praise; voice; words; invocation; command; statement; cry; language.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“vajra; Vajra; vajra; vajra; lightning; abhra; vajramūṣā; diamond; vajra [word]; vajrakapāṭa; vajra; vaikrānta.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“gather; collect; fill; mix; fill into; produce.”
[adverb]
“with; little; together.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“strength; army; power; force; potency; vigor; Balarama; bala; violence; might; Shiva; bala [word]; myrrh; semen; reflex; bronze; influence; erection; potency; intensity.”
[adverb]
“not.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“abscond.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“grow; grow.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“distinguished; high; noble; enormous.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“durable; invincible.”