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 8.93.30

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्वामिद्वृ॑त्रहन्तम सु॒ताव॑न्तो हवामहे । यदि॑न्द्र मृ॒ळया॑सि नः ॥
त्वामिद्वृत्रहन्तम सुतावन्तो हवामहे । यदिन्द्र मृळयासि नः ॥
tvām id vṛtrahantama sutāvanto havāmahe | yad indra mṛḻayāsi naḥ ||

English translation:

“Bearing the effused libation, we invoke you, mightiest slayer of Vṛtra, if you have favour to us, Indra.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्वाम् । इत् । वृ॒त्र॒ह॒न्ऽत॒म॒ । सु॒तऽव॑न्तः । ह॒वा॒म॒हे॒ । यत् । इ॒न्द्र॒ । मृ॒ळया॑सि । नः॒ ॥
त्वाम् । इत् । वृत्रहन्तम । सुतवन्तः । हवामहे । यत् । इन्द्र । मृळयासि । नः ॥
tvām | it | vṛtrahan-tama | suta-vantaḥ | havāmahe | yat | indra | mṛḷayāsi | naḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.93.30 English analysis of grammar]

tvām < tvad

[noun], accusative, singular

“you.”

id

[adverb]

“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”

vṛtrahantama < vṛtra

[noun], masculine

“enemy.”

vṛtrahantama < hantama

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“killing.”

sutāvanto < sutāvantaḥ < sutāvat

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

havāmahe < hvā

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“raise; call on; call; summon.”

yad < yat

[adverb]

“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

mṛᄆayāsi < mṛḍayāsi < mṛḍay < √mṛḍ

[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)

“pardon.”

naḥ < mad

[noun], dative, plural

“I; mine.”

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