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 10.28.12
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ए॒ते शमी॑भिः सु॒शमी॑ अभूव॒न्ये हि॑न्वि॒रे त॒न्व१॒॑: सोम॑ उ॒क्थैः । नृ॒वद्वद॒न्नुप॑ नो माहि॒ वाजा॑न्दि॒वि श्रवो॑ दधिषे॒ नाम॑ वी॒रः ॥
एते शमीभिः सुशमी अभूवन्ये हिन्विरे तन्वः सोम उक्थैः । नृवद्वदन्नुप नो माहि वाजान्दिवि श्रवो दधिषे नाम वीरः ॥
ete śamībhiḥ suśamī abhūvan ye hinvire tanvaḥ soma ukthaiḥ | nṛvad vadann upa no māhi vājān divi śravo dadhiṣe nāma vīraḥ ||
English translation:
“They have been sanctified by holy rites, who have fostered their bodies with prayers, at the Soma(sacrifice); speaking like a man, grant us food, you possess in heaven name and fame as a hero.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): indravasukrayoḥ saṃvāda aindraḥ [indravasukrayoḥ saṃvāda aindra];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ए॒ते । शमी॑भिः । सु॒ऽशमी॑ । अ॒भू॒व॒न् । ये । हि॒न्वि॒रे । त॒न्वः॑ । सोमे॑ । उ॒क्थैः । नृ॒ऽवत् । वद॑न् । उप॑ । नः॒ । मा॒हि॒ । वाजा॑न् । दि॒वि । श्रवः॑ । द॒धि॒षे॒ । नाम॑ । वी॒रः ॥
एते । शमीभिः । सुशमी । अभूवन् । ये । हिन्विरे । तन्वः । सोमे । उक्थैः । नृवत् । वदन् । उप । नः । माहि । वाजान् । दिवि । श्रवः । दधिषे । नाम । वीरः ॥
ete | śamībhiḥ | su-śamī | abhūvan | ye | hinvire | tanvaḥ | some | ukthaiḥ | nṛ-vat | vadan | upa | naḥ | māhi | vājān | divi | śravaḥ | dadhiṣe | nāma | vīraḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.28.12 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); etad [word].”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“Prosopis spicigera Linn.; śamī [word]; Acacia sundra; attempt; labor.”
[adverb]
“carefully.”
[verb], plural, Root 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, plural, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“impel; send; spur; stimulate; urge.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“body; self; own(a); person; form.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter
“hymn; praise; uktha [word]; encomium.”
[noun], masculine
“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”
[adverb]
“equally; like.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“describe; teach; speak; tell; say; call; name; enumerate; declare; diagnose; address; say; pronounce; express; instruct; order.”
[adverb]
“towards; on; next.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“weigh; measure; total; last; weigh; measure; give away; transform.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“prize; Vāja; reward; reward; Ribhus; vigor; strength; contest.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“fame; glory; ear.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“name; appellation; nāman [word]; nāmakaraṇa; surname; noun; word.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“hero; man; Vīra; vīra; vīra [word]; Vīra.”