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 10.44.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
एन्द्र॒वाहो॑ नृ॒पतिं॒ वज्र॑बाहुमु॒ग्रमु॒ग्रास॑स्तवि॒षास॑ एनम् । प्रत्व॑क्षसं वृष॒भं स॒त्यशु॑ष्म॒मेम॑स्म॒त्रा स॑ध॒मादो॑ वहन्तु ॥
एन्द्रवाहो नृपतिं वज्रबाहुमुग्रमुग्रासस्तविषास एनम् । प्रत्वक्षसं वृषभं सत्यशुष्ममेमस्मत्रा सधमादो वहन्तु ॥
endravāho nṛpatiṃ vajrabāhum ugram ugrāsas taviṣāsa enam | pratvakṣasaṃ vṛṣabhaṃ satyaśuṣmam em asmatrā sadhamādo vahantu ||
English translation:
“May the fierce, vigorous, exulting horses of Indra bring him here to us, the king of men, armed with thethunderbolt, fierce, the reducer of foes, the showerer (of benefits), whose strength is real.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kṛṣṇaḥ [kṛṣṇa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
आ । इ॒न्द्र॒ऽवाहः॑ । नृ॒ऽपति॑म् । वज्र॑ऽबाहुम् । उ॒ग्रम् । उ॒ग्रासः॑ । त॒वि॒षासः॑ । ए॒न॒म् । प्रऽत्व॑क्षसम् । वृ॒ष॒भम् । स॒त्यऽशु॑ष्मम् । आ । ई॒म् । अ॒स्म॒ऽत्रा । स॒ध॒ऽमादः॑ । व॒ह॒न्तु॒ ॥
आ । इन्द्रवाहः । नृपतिम् । वज्रबाहुम् । उग्रम् । उग्रासः । तविषासः । एनम् । प्रत्वक्षसम् । वृषभम् । सत्यशुष्मम् । आ । ईम् । अस्मत्रा । सधमादः । वहन्तु ॥
ā | indra-vāhaḥ | nṛ-patim | vajra-bāhum | ugram | ugrāsaḥ | taviṣāsaḥ | enam | pra-tvakṣasam | vṛṣabham | satya-śuṣmam | ā | īm | asma-trā | sadha-mādaḥ | vahantu
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.44.3 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“vah.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“king.”
[noun], masculine
“vajra; Vajra; vajra; vajra; lightning; abhra; vajramūṣā; diamond; vajra [word]; vajrakapāṭa; vajra; vaikrānta.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“arm; bāhu [word]; elbow; forefoot.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“powerful; awful; dangerous; intense; mighty; potent; colicky; atrocious.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“powerful; awful; dangerous; intense; mighty; potent; colicky; atrocious.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“strong.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.).”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“strong; vigorous.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“bull; Vṛṣabha; Vṛṣabha; best.”
[noun]
“true; real; real; faithful; good.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“vigor; energy; fire; hiss; courage.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[adverb]
[adverb]
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“transport; bring; marry; run; drive; vāhay; drive; run; pull; nirvāpay; blow; transport; discharge; assume; remove.”