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 8.96.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अति॑विद्धा विथु॒रेणा॑ चि॒दस्त्रा॒ त्रिः स॒प्त सानु॒ संहि॑ता गिरी॒णाम् । न तद्दे॒वो न मर्त्य॑स्तुतुर्या॒द्यानि॒ प्रवृ॑द्धो वृष॒भश्च॒कार॑ ॥
अतिविद्धा विथुरेणा चिदस्त्रा त्रिः सप्त सानु संहिता गिरीणाम् । न तद्देवो न मर्त्यस्तुतुर्याद्यानि प्रवृद्धो वृषभश्चकार ॥
atividdhā vithureṇā cid astrā triḥ sapta sānu saṃhitā girīṇām | na tad devo na martyas tuturyād yāni pravṛddho vṛṣabhaś cakāra ||
English translation:
“By him the thrower, unaided, were pierced asunder the thrice seven table-lands of the mountainheaped together; neither god nor mortal could do what he, the showerer, in his full-grown strength has done.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Pierced asunderthe thrice seven tablelands: the legend in RV 8.8.10
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): tiraścīradyutāno vā marutaḥ [tiraścīradyutāna vā maruta];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अति॑ऽविद्धा । वि॒थु॒रेण॑ । चि॒त् । अस्रा॑ । त्रिः । स॒प्त । सानु॑ । सम्ऽहि॑ता । गि॒री॒णाम् । न । तत् । दे॒वः । न । मर्त्यः॑ । तु॒तु॒र्या॒त् । यानि॑ । प्रऽवृ॑द्धः । वृ॒ष॒भः । च॒कार॑ ॥
अतिविद्धा । विथुरेण । चित् । अस्रा । त्रिः । सप्त । सानु । सम्हिता । गिरीणाम् । न । तत् । देवः । न । मर्त्यः । तुतुर्यात् । यानि । प्रवृद्धः । वृषभः । चकार ॥
ati-viddhā | vithureṇa | cit | asrā | triḥ | sapta | sānu | sam-hitā | girīṇām | na | tat | devaḥ | na | martyaḥ | tuturyāt | yāni | pra-vṛddhaḥ | vṛṣabhaḥ | cakāra
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.96.2 English analysis of grammar]
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“pierce.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“weak.”
[adverb]
“even; indeed.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“archer; shot.”
[adverb]
“thrice; tris [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“seven; seventh.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“tableland; ridge; peak; back; ridge; guru.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“connect; refer; aim; grow together; compress; ally; unite; operate on.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“mountain; adri; rock; giri [word]; hill; śilājatu.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“man; people; martya [word]; Earth.”
[verb], singular, Perfect conjunctive (subj.)
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“increase; develop; advance.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“bull; Vṛṣabha; Vṛṣabha; best.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“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.”