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 8.95.5

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इन्द्र॒ यस्ते॒ नवी॑यसीं॒ गिरं॑ म॒न्द्रामजी॑जनत् । चि॒कि॒त्विन्म॑नसं॒ धियं॑ प्र॒त्नामृ॒तस्य॑ पि॒प्युषी॑म् ॥
इन्द्र यस्ते नवीयसीं गिरं मन्द्रामजीजनत् । चिकित्विन्मनसं धियं प्रत्नामृतस्य पिप्युषीम् ॥
indra yas te navīyasīṃ giram mandrām ajījanat | cikitvinmanasaṃ dhiyam pratnām ṛtasya pipyuṣīm ||

English translation:

“To him who has made for you this newest joy-giving hymn, do you, Indra, (extend) your ancient truthfulprovidence to which all hearts are known.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): tiraścīḥ;
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): anuṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इन्द्र॑ । यः । ते॒ । नवी॑यसीम् । गिर॑म् । म॒न्द्राम् । अजी॑जनत् । चि॒कि॒त्वित्ऽम॑नसम् । धिय॑म् । प्र॒त्नाम् । ऋ॒तस्य॑ । पि॒प्युषी॑म् ॥
इन्द्र । यः । ते । नवीयसीम् । गिरम् । मन्द्राम् । अजीजनत् । चिकित्वित्मनसम् । धियम् । प्रत्नाम् । ऋतस्य । पिप्युषीम् ॥
indra | yaḥ | te | navīyasīm | giram | mandrām | ajījanat | cikitvit-manasam | dh iyam | pratnām | ṛtasya | pipyuṣīm

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.95.5 English analysis of grammar]

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

yas < yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

te < tvad

[noun], dative, singular

“you.”

navīyasīṃ < navīyasīm < navīyas

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“new; fresh; up-to-the-minute.”

giram < gir

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“hymn; praise; voice; words; invocation; command; statement; cry; language.”

mandrām < mandra

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“pleasant; eloquent; dulcet.”

ajījanat < jan

[verb], singular, Redupl. Aorist (Ind.)

“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”

cikitvinmanasaṃ < cikitvit

[adverb]

cikitvinmanasaṃ < manasam < manas

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“mind; Manas; purpose; idea; attention; heart; decision; manas [word]; manas [indecl.]; spirit; temper; intelligence.”

dhiyam < dhī

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“intelligence; prayer; mind; insight; idea; hymn; purpose; art; knowledge.”

pratnām < pratna

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“age-old; pratna [word].”

ṛtasya < ṛta

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“truth; order; fixed order; ṛta [word]; law; custom; custom.”

pipyuṣīm < pyā

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“swell; abound; swell.”

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