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 10.23.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
हरी॒ न्व॑स्य॒ या वने॑ वि॒दे वस्विन्द्रो॑ म॒घैर्म॒घवा॑ वृत्र॒हा भु॑वत् । ऋ॒भुर्वाज॑ ऋभु॒क्षाः प॑त्यते॒ शवोऽव॑ क्ष्णौमि॒ दास॑स्य॒ नाम॑ चित् ॥
हरी न्वस्य या वने विदे वस्विन्द्रो मघैर्मघवा वृत्रहा भुवत् । ऋभुर्वाज ऋभुक्षाः पत्यते शवोऽव क्ष्णौमि दासस्य नाम चित् ॥
harī nv asya yā vane vide vasv indro maghair maghavā vṛtrahā bhuvat | ṛbhur vāja ṛbhukṣāḥ patyate śavo 'va kṣṇaumi dāsasya nāma cit ||
English translation:
“With his two bay horses which bestow riches at the sacrifice, Indra, wealthy with wealth, is the slayerof Vṛtra; the brilliant, powerful, mighty Indra is the lord of strength; (through him) I cut off the head of the Dāsa.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Brilliant, powerful, mighty: ṛbhu, vāja, ṛbhukṣan: names of three ṛbhus, treates as epithets: dīpta, balavat,mahat; is the lord of strength: attacks the forces of the enemy; I cut off the head: nāma cit, namyate nena, thatwith which one bows; or, I destroy his very name
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vimada aindraḥ prājāpatyo vā vasukṛdvā vāsukraḥ [vimada aindra prājāpatya vā vasukṛdvā vāsukra];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): bhurigārcījagatī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
हरी॒ इति॑ । नु । अ॒स्य॒ । या । वने॑ । वि॒दे । वसु॑ । इन्द्रः॑ । म॒घैः । म॒घऽवा॑ । वृ॒त्र॒ऽहा । भु॒व॒त् । ऋ॒भुः । वाजः॑ । ऋ॒भु॒क्षाः । प॒त्य॒ते॒ । शवः॑ । अव॑ । क्ष्णौ॒मि॒ । दास॑स्य । नाम॑ । चि॒त् ॥
हरी इति । नु । अस्य । या । वने । विदे । वसु । इन्द्रः । मघैः । मघवा । वृत्रहा । भुवत् । ऋभुः । वाजः । ऋभुक्षाः । पत्यते । शवः । अव । क्ष्णौमि । दासस्य । नाम । चित् ॥
harī iti | nu | asya | yā | vane | vide | vasu | indraḥ | maghaiḥ | magha-vā | vṛtra-hā | bhuvat | ṛbhuḥ | vājaḥ | ṛbhukṣāḥ | patyate | śavaḥ | ava | kṣṇaumi | dāsasya | nāma | c it
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.23.2 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“Vishnu; monkey; Krishna; horse; lion; Indra; Hari; Surya; Hari; haritāla; Hari; snake; frog.”
[adverb]
“now; already.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“forest; wood; tree; grove; vana [word]; forest; brush.”
[verb noun]
“find; detect; marry; get; think.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“wealth; property; gold; vasu [word]; ruby; treasure; jewel.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“gift; wealth; reward; wages; reward.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra; maghavan [word].”
[noun], masculine
“Vṛtra; vṛtra [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“killing; curative; destroying; removing; māraka; stabbing.”
[verb], singular, Thematic aorist (Ind.)
“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Ribhus.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“prize; Vāja; reward; reward; Ribhus; vigor; strength; contest.”
[noun], nominative, singular
“Indra.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“own; have; master.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“strength; power; superiority.”
[adverb]
“down.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“whet.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“slave; Dāsa; servant; savage; Shudra.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“name; appellation; nāman [word]; nāmakaraṇa; surname; noun; word.”
[adverb]
“even; indeed.”