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 10.38.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यो द॒भ्रेभि॒र्हव्यो॒ यश्च॒ भूरि॑भि॒र्यो अ॒भीके॑ वरिवो॒विन्नृ॒षाह्ये॑ । तं वि॑खा॒दे सस्नि॑म॒द्य श्रु॒तं नर॑म॒र्वाञ्च॒मिन्द्र॒मव॑से करामहे ॥
यो दभ्रेभिर्हव्यो यश्च भूरिभिर्यो अभीके वरिवोविन्नृषाह्ये । तं विखादे सस्निमद्य श्रुतं नरमर्वाञ्चमिन्द्रमवसे करामहे ॥
yo dabhrebhir havyo yaś ca bhūribhir yo abhīke varivovin nṛṣāhye | taṃ vikhāde sasnim adya śrutaṃ naram arvāñcam indram avase karāmahe ||
English translation:
“Let us bring before us today for ur protection that Indra, the pure, the renowned, the leader of rites,who in the main-destroying, all-devouring conflict, is the winner of wealth; who is to be invoked by few and many.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): indro muṣkavān [indra muṣkavān];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): virāḍjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यः । द॒भ्रेभिः । हव्यः॑ । यः । च॒ । भूरि॑ऽभिः । यः । अ॒भीके॑ । व॒रि॒वः॒ऽवित् । नृ॒ऽसह्ये॑ । तम् । वि॒ऽखा॒दे । सस्नि॑म् । अ॒द्य । श्रु॒तम् । नर॑म् । अ॒र्वाञ्च॑म् । इन्द्र॑म् । अव॑से । क॒रा॒म॒हे॒ ॥
यः । दभ्रेभिः । हव्यः । यः । च । भूरिभिः । यः । अभीके । वरिवःवित् । नृसह्ये । तम् । विखादे । सस्निम् । अद्य । श्रुतम् । नरम् । अर्वाञ्चम् । इन्द्रम् । अवसे । करामहे ॥
yaḥ | dabhrebhiḥ | havyaḥ | yaḥ | ca | bhūri-bhiḥ | yaḥ | abhīke | varivaḥ-vit | nṛ-sahye | tam | vi-khāde | sasnim | adya | śrutam | naram | arvāñcam | indram | avase | karāmahe
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.38.4 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“few; little(a); deficient.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“raise; call on; call; summon.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“much; many; much(a); abundant; rich; mighty; distinguished.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“battle; meeting.”
[noun], neuter
“room; varivas [word]; space; escape.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“finding.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“battle.”
[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.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“victorious.”
[adverb]
“now; today; then; nowadays; adya [word].”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“listen; come to know; hear; hear; listen; study; heed; learn.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“approaching; facing; less.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[verb noun]
“support; help; prefer; prefer; like.”
[verb], plural, Aorist conj./subj.
“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”