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 8.93.10

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

दु॒र्गे चि॑न्नः सु॒गं कृ॑धि गृणा॒न इ॑न्द्र गिर्वणः । त्वं च॑ मघव॒न्वश॑: ॥
दुर्गे चिन्नः सुगं कृधि गृणान इन्द्र गिर्वणः । त्वं च मघवन्वशः ॥
durge cin naḥ sugaṃ kṛdhi gṛṇāna indra girvaṇaḥ | tvaṃ ca maghavan vaśaḥ ||

English translation:

Indra, worthy of our praise, do you, hymned by us, make our path plural in even in the midst of difficulties,(hear us), Maghavan, if you love us.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

दुः॒ऽगे । चि॒त् । नः॒ । सु॒ऽगम् । कृ॒धि॒ । गृ॒णा॒नः । इ॒न्द्र॒ । गि॒र्व॒णः॒ । त्वम् । च॒ । म॒घ॒ऽव॒न् । वशः॑ ॥
दुःगे । चित् । नः । सुगम् । कृधि । गृणानः । इन्द्र । गिर्वणः । त्वम् । च । मघवन् । वशः ॥
duḥ-ge | cit | naḥ | su-gam | kṛdhi | gṛṇānaḥ | indra | girvaṇaḥ | tvam | ca | magha-van | vaśaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.93.10 English analysis of grammar]

durge < durga

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“fortress; stronghold; difficulty; danger; passage.”

cin < cit

[adverb]

“even; indeed.”

naḥ < mad

[noun], dative, plural

“I; mine.”

sugaṃ < sugam < suga

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

kṛdhi < kṛ

[verb], singular, Aorist imperative

“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.”

gṛṇāna < gṛ

[verb noun], vocative, singular

“praise.”

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

girvaṇaḥ < girvaṇas

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

tvaṃ < tvam < tvad

[noun], nominative, singular

“you.”

ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

maghavan

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Indra; maghavan [word].”

vaśaḥ < vaś

[verb], singular, Present injunctive

“desire; agree; call; care; like; love.”

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