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 9.61.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पुर॑: स॒द्य इ॒त्थाधि॑ये॒ दिवो॑दासाय॒ शम्ब॑रम् । अध॒ त्यं तु॒र्वशं॒ यदु॑म् ॥
पुरः सद्य इत्थाधिये दिवोदासाय शम्बरम् । अध त्यं तुर्वशं यदुम् ॥
puraḥ sadya itthādhiye divodāsāya śambaram | adha tyaṃ turvaśaṃ yadum ||

English translation:

“(Which overturned) the cities in a moment, and for the sake of the devout Divodāsa (subdued) Śambara, and then that Turvaśa and Yadu.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): amahīyuḥ;
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पुरः॑ । स॒द्यः । इ॒थाऽधि॑ये । दिवः॑ऽदासाय । शम्ब॑रम् । अध॑ । त्यम् । तु॒र्वश॑म् । यदु॑म् ॥
पुरः । सद्यः । इथाधिये । दिवःदासाय । शम्बरम् । अध । त्यम् । तुर्वशम् । यदुम् ॥
puraḥ | sadyaḥ | ithādhiye | divaḥ-dāsāya | śambaram | adha | tyam | turvaśam | yadum

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.61.2 English analysis of grammar]

puraḥ < pur

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“fortress; pur [word]; town; purā [indecl.]; mahant.”

sadya < sadyas

[adverb]

“immediately; just; daily; sadyas [word].”

itthādhiye < _ < √_

[?]

“_”

divodāsāya < divodāsa

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“Divodāsa.”

śambaram < śambara

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Śambara; Śambara.”

adha

[adverb]

“then; and; therefore; now.”

tyaṃ < tyam < tya

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“that.”

turvaśaṃ < turvaśam < turvaśa

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

yadum < yadu

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Yadu; Yadu.”

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