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 10.43.8

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

वृषा॒ न क्रु॒द्धः प॑तय॒द्रज॒स्स्वा यो अ॒र्यप॑त्नी॒रकृ॑णोदि॒मा अ॒पः । स सु॑न्व॒ते म॒घवा॑ जी॒रदा॑न॒वेऽवि॑न्द॒ज्ज्योति॒र्मन॑वे ह॒विष्म॑ते ॥
वृषा न क्रुद्धः पतयद्रजस्स्वा यो अर्यपत्नीरकृणोदिमा अपः । स सुन्वते मघवा जीरदानवेऽविन्दज्ज्योतिर्मनवे हविष्मते ॥
vṛṣā na kruddhaḥ patayad rajassv ā yo aryapatnīr akṛṇod imā apaḥ | sa sunvate maghavā jīradānave 'vindaj jyotir manave haviṣmate ||

English translation:

“As in the world an angry bull rushes (upon another), so does Indra, who directs (towards us) thewaters, the brides of the lord (of earth); when (the Soma) is effused, Maghavat bestows light upon the man, whogives promptly, who offers oblations.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kṛṣṇaḥ [kṛṣṇa];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): virāḍjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

वृषा॑ । न । क्रु॒द्धः । प॒त॒य॒त् । रजः॑ऽसु । आ । यः । अ॒र्यऽप॑त्नीः । अकृ॑णोत् । इ॒माः । अ॒पः । सः । सु॒न्व॒ते । म॒घऽवा॑ । जी॒रऽदा॑नवे । अवि॑न्दत् । ज्योतिः॑ । मन॑वे । ह॒विष्म॑ते ॥
वृषा । न । क्रुद्धः । पतयत् । रजःसु । आ । यः । अर्यपत्नीः । अकृणोत् । इमाः । अपः । सः । सुन्वते । मघवा । जीरदानवे । अविन्दत् । ज्योतिः । मनवे । हविष्मते ॥
vṛṣā | na | kruddhaḥ | patayat | rajaḥ-su | ā | yaḥ | arya-patnīḥ | akṛṇot | imāḥ | apaḥ | saḥ | sunvate | magha-vā | jīra-dānave | avindat | jyotiḥ | manave | haviṣmate

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.43.8 English analysis of grammar]

vṛṣā < vṛṣan

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“bull; Indra; stallion; Vṛṣan; man.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

kruddhaḥ < krudh

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“anger; kup.”

patayad < patayat < patay < √pat

[verb], singular, Present injunctive

“fly.”

rajassv < rajaḥsu < rajas

[noun], locative, plural, neuter

“powder; menorrhea; dust; Rajas; atmosphere; rajas; pollen; passion; rajas [word]; sindūra; rust; tin; impurity; dark; sky.”

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

yo < yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

aryapatnīr < arya

[noun]

aryapatnīr < patnīḥ < patnī

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“wife; mistress; queen.”

akṛṇod < akṛṇot < kṛ

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“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.”

imā < imāḥ < idam

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

apaḥ < ap

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”

sa < tad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

sunvate < su

[verb noun], dative, singular

“press out; su.”

maghavā < maghavan

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Indra; maghavan [word].”

jīradānave < jīra

[noun]

“agile; quick; fast.”

jīradānave < dānave < dānu

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“giving; big.”

'vindaj < avindat < vid

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“find; detect; marry; get; think.”

jyotir < jyotiḥ < jyotis

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“light; star; luminosity; fire; jyotis [word]; digestion; planet; light; sunlight.”

manave < manu

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“Manu; mantra; Manusmṛti; fourteen; man; manu [word]; Vaivasvata; incantation; sacred text.”

haviṣmate < haviṣmat

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“sacrificing.”

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