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 8.97.15
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तन्म॑ ऋ॒तमि॑न्द्र शूर चित्र पात्व॒पो न व॑ज्रिन्दुरि॒ताति॑ पर्षि॒ भूरि॑ । क॒दा न॑ इन्द्र रा॒य आ द॑शस्येर्वि॒श्वप्स्न्य॑स्य स्पृह॒याय्य॑स्य राजन् ॥
तन्म ऋतमिन्द्र शूर चित्र पात्वपो न वज्रिन्दुरिताति पर्षि भूरि । कदा न इन्द्र राय आ दशस्येर्विश्वप्स्न्यस्य स्पृहयाय्यस्य राजन् ॥
tan ma ṛtam indra śūra citra pātv apo na vajrin duritāti parṣi bhūri | kadā na indra rāya ā daśasyer viśvapsnyasya spṛhayāyyasya rājan ||
English translation:
“Indra, hero assuming many forms, may that truthfulness of you protect me; bear us, thunderer, over ourmany sins as over waters; when, radiant Indra, will you give us some wealth, desirable to all, manifold in itskinds?”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): rebhaḥ kāśyapaḥ [rebha kāśyapa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): kakummatījagatī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तत् । मा॒ । ऋ॒तम् । इ॒न्द्र॒ । शू॒र॒ । चि॒त्र॒ । पा॒तु॒ । अ॒पः । न । व॒ज्रि॒न् । दुः॒ऽइ॒ता । अति॑ । प॒र्षि॒ । भूरि॑ । क॒दा । नः॒ । इ॒न्द्र॒ । रा॒यः । आ । द॒श॒स्येः॒ । वि॒श्वऽप्स्न्य॑स्य । स्पृ॒ह॒याय्य॑स्य । रा॒ज॒न् ॥
तत् । मा । ऋतम् । इन्द्र । शूर । चित्र । पातु । अपः । न । वज्रिन् । दुःइता । अति । पर्षि । भूरि । कदा । नः । इन्द्र । रायः । आ । दशस्येः । विश्वप्स्न्यस्य । स्पृहयाय्यस्य । राजन् ॥
tat | mā | ṛtam | indra | śūra | citra | pātu | apaḥ | na | vajrin | duḥ-itā | ati | parṣ i | bhūri | kadā | naḥ | indra | rāyaḥ | ā | daśasyeḥ | viśva-psnyasya | spṛhayāyyasya | rājan
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.97.15 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, 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], genitive, singular
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“truth; order; fixed order; ṛta [word]; law; custom; custom.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“hero; cock; śūra; Śūra; Vatica robusta; Plumbago zeylanica; warrior; hero; attacker; lentil; wild boar; lion; dog.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“manifold; extraordinary; beautiful; divers(a); varicolored; bright; bright; bright; outstanding; agitated; aglitter(p); brilliant; painted; obvious; patched; bizarre.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“protect; govern.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; vajra; Euphorbia neriifolia L.; abhra; Buddha.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“danger; sin; difficulty; difficulty; evil.”
[adverb]
“very; excessively; beyond; excessively.”
[verb], singular, Aorist conj./subj.
“protect; promote; rescue; help.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“much; many; much(a); abundant; rich; mighty; distinguished.”
[adverb]
“when; kadā [word].”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“wealth; possession; rai [word]; gold.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[verb], singular, Present optative
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“alimentary.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“king; Kshatriya; rājan [word]; best; rājāvarta; Yakṣa.”