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 10.44.1

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ या॒त्विन्द्र॒: स्वप॑ति॒र्मदा॑य॒ यो धर्म॑णा तूतुजा॒नस्तुवि॑ष्मान् । प्र॒त्व॒क्षा॒णो अति॒ विश्वा॒ सहां॑स्यपा॒रेण॑ मह॒ता वृष्ण्ये॑न ॥
आ यात्विन्द्रः स्वपतिर्मदाय यो धर्मणा तूतुजानस्तुविष्मान् । प्रत्वक्षाणो अति विश्वा सहांस्यपारेण महता वृष्ण्येन ॥
ā yātv indraḥ svapatir madāya yo dharmaṇā tūtujānas tuviṣmān | pratvakṣāṇo ati viśvā sahāṃsy apāreṇa mahatā vṛṣṇyena ||

English translation:

“May Indra, the lord of wealth, come here with his chariot for his exhilaration; he who is rapid, strong,who, overcoming all the forces (of the enemy) by his great insuperable might, (passes) through them.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ । या॒तु॒ । इन्द्रः॑ । स्वऽप॑तिः । मदा॑य । यः । धर्म॑णा । तू॒तु॒जा॒नः । तुवि॑ष्मान् । प्र॒ऽत्व॒क्षा॒णः । अति॑ । विश्वा॑ । सहां॑सि । अ॒पा॒रेण॑ । म॒ह॒ता । वृष्ण्ये॑न ॥
आ । यातु । इन्द्रः । स्वपतिः । मदाय । यः । धर्मणा । तूतुजानः । तुविष्मान् । प्रत्वक्षाणः । अति । विश्वा । सहांसि । अपारेण । महता । वृष्ण्येन ॥
ā | yātu | indraḥ | sva-patiḥ | madāya | yaḥ | dharmaṇā | tūtujānaḥ | tuviṣmān | pra-tvakṣāṇaḥ | ati | viśvā | sahāṃsi | apāreṇa | mahatā | vṛṣṇyena

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.44.1 English analysis of grammar]

ā

[adverb]

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

yātv < yātu <

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”

indraḥ < indra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”

svapatir < sva

[noun]

“own(a); respective(a); akin(p); sva [word]; individual; present(a); independent.”

svapatir < patiḥ < pati

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“husband; overlord; king; deity; īśvara; ruler; pati [word]; commanding officer; leader; owner; mayor; lord.”

madāya < mada

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“drunkenness; mada; estrus; excitement; sexual arousal; alcohol; musth; mad; mada; ecstasy; pride; drink; joy; arrogance; vivification.”

yo < yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

dharmaṇā < dharman

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“regulation; Dharma; law; property.”

tūtujānas < tūtujānaḥ < tuj

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“draw.”

tuviṣmān < tuviṣmat

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“powerful.”

pratvakṣāṇo < pratvakṣāṇaḥ < pratvakṣ < √tvakṣ

[verb noun], nominative, singular

ati

[adverb]

“very; excessively; beyond; excessively.”

viśvā < viśva

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

sahāṃsy < sahāṃsi < sahas

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“force; strength; might; sahas [word]; conquest.”

apāreṇa < apāra

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“boundless.”

mahatā < mahat

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“large; eminent; great; loud; dangerous; strong; long; high; much(a); mahant [word]; ample; very; great; adult; important; dark; high; abundant; violent; remarkable; mighty; big; long.”

vṛṣṇyena < vṛṣṇya

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“manfulness; virility.”

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