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 10.22.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
म॒हो यस्पति॒: शव॑सो॒ असा॒म्या म॒हो नृ॒म्णस्य॑ तूतु॒जिः । भ॒र्ता वज्र॑स्य धृ॒ष्णोः पि॒ता पु॒त्रमि॑व प्रि॒यम् ॥
महो यस्पतिः शवसो असाम्या महो नृम्णस्य तूतुजिः । भर्ता वज्रस्य धृष्णोः पिता पुत्रमिव प्रियम् ॥
maho yas patiḥ śavaso asāmy ā maho nṛmṇasya tūtujiḥ | bhartā vajrasya dhṛṣṇoḥ pitā putram iva priyam ||
English translation:
“(May Indra protect us) who is the lord of great strenght, of unequalled (power), the distributor of greatwealth, the cherisher of the dreadful thunderbolt as a father (cherishes) a dear son.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vimada aindraḥ prājāpatyo vā vasukṛdvā vāsukraḥ [vimada aindra prājāpatya vā vasukṛdvā vāsukra];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): virāḍbṛhatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
म॒हः । यः । पतिः॑ । शव॑सः । असा॑मि । आ । म॒हः । नृ॒म्णस्य॑ । तू॒तु॒जिः । भ॒र्ता । वज्र॑स्य । धृ॒ष्णोः । पि॒ता । पु॒त्रम्ऽइ॑व । प्रि॒यम् ॥
महः । यः । पतिः । शवसः । असामि । आ । महः । नृम्णस्य । तूतुजिः । भर्ता । वज्रस्य । धृष्णोः । पिता । पुत्रम्इव । प्रियम् ॥
mahaḥ | yaḥ | patiḥ | śavasaḥ | asāmi | ā | mahaḥ | nṛmṇasya | tūtujiḥ | bhartā | vajrasya | dhṛṣṇoḥ | pitā | putram-iva | priyam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.22.3 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“great; great; distinguished; much(a); adult; long; high.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“husband; overlord; king; deity; īśvara; ruler; pati [word]; commanding officer; leader; owner; mayor; lord.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“strength; power; superiority.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“perfect; complete; entire.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“great; great; distinguished; much(a); adult; long; high.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“manhood; power.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“exciting; avid; eager.”
[verb], singular, periphrast. future
“bring; hold; fill; support; wear; possess; carry; nourish; keep; hire; have; satiate; follow; bear.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“vajra; Vajra; vajra; vajra; lightning; abhra; vajramūṣā; diamond; vajra [word]; vajrakapāṭa; vajra; vaikrānta.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“brave; ferocious; strong.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“father; Pitṛ; ancestor; parent; paternal ancestor; pitṛ [word]; forefather.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“son; putra [word]; male child; Putra; Bodhisattva.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“beloved; pleasant; dear; fond(p); wanted; priya [word]; favorite; good; liked; suitable; proper.”