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 8.98.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वं हि शश्व॑तीना॒मिन्द्र॑ द॒र्ता पु॒रामसि॑ । ह॒न्ता दस्यो॒र्मनो॑र्वृ॒धः पति॑र्दि॒वः ॥
त्वं हि शश्वतीनामिन्द्र दर्ता पुरामसि । हन्ता दस्योर्मनोर्वृधः पतिर्दिवः ॥
tvaṃ hi śaśvatīnām indra dartā purām asi | hantā dasyor manor vṛdhaḥ patir divaḥ ||
English translation:
“You, Indra, are the stormer of many hostile cities, the slayer of the Dasyu, the fosterer of man, the lordof heaven.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Fosterer of man: manoḥ = the man who offers sacrifice
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): nṛmedhaḥ [nṛmedha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): kakummatyuṣṇik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वम् । हि । शश्व॑तीनाम् । इन्द्र॑ । द॒र्ता । पु॒राम् । असि॑ । ह॒न्ता । दस्योः॑ । मनोः॑ । वृ॒धः । पतिः॑ । दि॒वः ॥
त्वम् । हि । शश्वतीनाम् । इन्द्र । दर्ता । पुराम् । असि । हन्ता । दस्योः । मनोः । वृधः । पतिः । दिवः ॥
tvam | hi | śaśvatīnām | indra | dartā | purām | asi | hantā | dasyoḥ | manoḥ | vṛdhaḥ | patiḥ | divaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.98.6 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular
“you.”
[adverb]
“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”
[noun], genitive, plural, feminine
“all(a).”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[verb], singular, periphrast. future
“burst; burst.”
[noun], genitive, plural, feminine
“fortress; pur [word]; town; purā [indecl.]; mahant.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[verb], singular, periphrast. future
“kill; cure; māray; remove; destroy; hit; injure; damage; destroy; paralyze; hurt; forge; beat; cut off; stop; overwhelm; kick; hunt; affect; strike; hammer; love; obstruct; shoot.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“savage; outcast; mugger.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Manu; mantra; Manusmṛti; fourteen; man; manu [word]; Vaivasvata; incantation; sacred text.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“increasing; promotive.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“husband; overlord; king; deity; īśvara; ruler; pati [word]; commanding officer; leader; owner; mayor; lord.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”