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 10.27.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
नाहं तं वे॑द॒ य इति॒ ब्रवी॒त्यदे॑वयून्त्स॒मर॑णे जघ॒न्वान् । य॒दावाख्य॑त्स॒मर॑ण॒मृघा॑व॒दादिद्ध॑ मे वृष॒भा प्र ब्रु॑वन्ति ॥
नाहं तं वेद य इति ब्रवीत्यदेवयून्त्समरणे जघन्वान् । यदावाख्यत्समरणमृघावदादिद्ध मे वृषभा प्र ब्रुवन्ति ॥
nāhaṃ taṃ veda ya iti bravīty adevayūn samaraṇe jaghanvān | yadāvākhyat samaraṇam ṛghāvad ād id dha me vṛṣabhā pra bruvanti ||
English translation:
“I know not that man who says that he is the slayer in battle of those who do not reverence the gods;but when (I behold) the fierce war commenced, then (my enemies) proclaim my prowess.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasukra aindraḥ [vasukra aindra];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
न । अ॒हम् । तम् । वे॒द॒ । यः । इति॑ । ब्रवी॑ति । अदे॑वऽयून् । स॒म्ऽअर॑णे । ज॒घ॒न्वान् । य॒दा । अ॒व॒ऽअख्य॑त् । स॒म्ऽअर॑णम् । ऋघा॑वत् । आत् । इत् । ह॒ । मे॒ । वृ॒ष॒भा । प्र । ब्रु॒व॒न्ति॒ ॥
न । अहम् । तम् । वेद । यः । इति । ब्रवीति । अदेवयून् । सम्अरणे । जघन्वान् । यदा । अवअख्यत् । सम्अरणम् । ऋघावत् । आत् । इत् । ह । मे । वृषभा । प्र । ब्रुवन्ति ॥
na | aham | tam | veda | yaḥ | iti | bravīti | adeva-yūn | sam-araṇe | jaghanvān | yadā | ava-akhyat | sam-araṇam | ṛghāvat | āt | it | ha | me | vṛṣabhā | pra | bruvant i
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.27.3 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular
“I; mine.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“know; diagnose; perceive; know; accord; notice; deem; mind; learn; specify; watch; recognize; detect; call.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[adverb]
“thus; so; iti [word].”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“say; tell; describe; speak; state; answer; call; explain; address; proclaim; talk; talk; choose.”
[adverb]
“not; akāra; a [taddhita]; a [word]; a; a.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“devout; devoted.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“battle.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“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.”
[adverb]
“once [when]; if.”
[verb], singular, Thematic aorist (Ind.)
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“battle.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“baleful.”
[adverb]
“then.”
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[adverb]
“indeed; ha [word].”
[noun], genitive, singular
“I; mine.”
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
“bull; Vṛṣabha; Vṛṣabha; best.”
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“say; tell; describe; speak; state; answer; call; explain; address; proclaim; talk; talk; choose.”