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 10.28.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ए॒वा हि मां त॒वसं॑ व॒र्धय॑न्ति दि॒वश्चि॑न्मे बृह॒त उत्त॑रा॒ धूः । पु॒रू स॒हस्रा॒ नि शि॑शामि सा॒कम॑श॒त्रंय हि मा॒ जनि॑ता ज॒जान॑ ॥
एवा हि मां तवसं वर्धयन्ति दिवश्चिन्मे बृहत उत्तरा धूः । पुरू सहस्रा नि शिशामि साकमशत्रंम हि मा जनिता जजान ॥
evā hi māṃ tavasaṃ vardhayanti divaś cin me bṛhata uttarā dhūḥ | purū sahasrā ni śiśāmi sākam aśatruṃ hi mā janitā jajāna ||
English translation:
“(Indra speaks). Since (your laudations) thus increase my strength, (let the praise of me) who ammighty, (rise) even higher than the heavens. I destroy at once many thousand (of foes), for the genitive rator (of all)has engendered me without an enemy.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Increase my strength: tavasam = augment me so as to make me strong;genitive rator: aśatrum = the genitive rator has engendered me, without any enemies whom I could not overcome
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): indravasukrayoḥ saṃvāda aindraḥ [indravasukrayoḥ saṃvāda aindra];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ए॒व । हि । माम् । त॒वस॑म् । व॒र्धय॑न्ति । दि॒वः । चि॒त् । मे॒ । बृ॒ह॒तः । उत्ऽत॑रा । धूः । पु॒रु । स॒हस्रा॑ । नि । शि॒शा॒मि॒ । सा॒कम् । अ॒श॒त्रुम् । हि । मा॒ । जनि॑ता । ज॒जान॑ ॥
एव । हि । माम् । तवसम् । वर्धयन्ति । दिवः । चित् । मे । बृहतः । उत्तरा । धूः । पुरु । सहस्रा । नि । शिशामि । साकम् । अशत्रुम् । हि । मा । जनिता । जजान ॥
eva | hi | mām | tavasam | vardhayanti | divaḥ | cit | me | bṛhataḥ | ut-tarā | dhūḥ | puru | sahasrā | ni | śiśāmi | sākam | aśatrum | hi | mā | janitā | jajāna
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.28.6 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“indeed; merely; thus; even; surely; same; eva [word]; successively; immediately; in truth.”
[adverb]
“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular
“I; mine.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“strong; energetic.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“increase; strengthen; promote; rear; add; greet; laud.”
[noun], ablative, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[adverb]
“even; indeed.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“I; mine.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“large; great; loud; high; much(a); exalted; abundant; intensive; strong; huge.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“northern; following; upper; additional; better; more(a); last; concluding; superior; later(a); uttara [word]; prevailing; future; left; northerly; northerly; higher; second; dominant; excellent; chief(a).”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
[noun], accusative, dual, neuter
“many; much(a); very.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“thousand; one-thousandth; sahasra [word].”
[adverb]
“back; down.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“sharpen; whet; strengthen.”
[adverb]
“together; jointly; simultaneously.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“unopposed.”
[adverb]
“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“father; janitṛ [word].”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”