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 9.61.20
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
जघ्नि॑र्वृ॒त्रम॑मि॒त्रियं॒ सस्नि॒र्वाजं॑ दि॒वेदि॑वे । गो॒षा उ॑ अश्व॒सा अ॑सि ॥
जघ्निर्वृत्रममित्रियं सस्निर्वाजं दिवेदिवे । गोषा उ अश्वसा असि ॥
jaghnir vṛtram amitriyaṃ sasnir vājaṃ dive-dive | goṣā u aśvasā asi ||
English translation:
“You are the slayer of the hostile Vṛtra, the enjoyed of battle day by day, the giver of kine and the giver of horses.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): amahīyuḥ;Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
जघ्निः॑ । वृ॒त्रम् । अ॒मि॒त्रिय॑म् । सस्निः॑ । वाज॑म् । दि॒वेऽदि॑वे । गो॒ऽसाः । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । अ॒श्व॒ऽसाः । अ॒सि॒ ॥
जघ्निः । वृत्रम् । अमित्रियम् । सस्निः । वाजम् । दिवेदिवे । गोसाः । ऊँ इति । अश्वसाः । असि ॥
jaghniḥ | vṛtram | amitriyam | sasniḥ | vājam | dive-dive | go-sāḥ | oṃ iti | aśva-sāḥ | asi
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 9.61.20 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“killing.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Vṛtra; vṛtra [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“hostile.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“victorious.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“prize; Vāja; reward; reward; Ribhus; vigor; strength; contest.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“day; sky; Svarga.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“day; sky; Svarga.”
[noun], masculine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“winning.”
[adverb]
“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”
[noun], masculine
“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“winning.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”