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 10.44.9
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इ॒मं बि॑भर्मि॒ सुकृ॑तं ते अङ्कु॒शं येना॑रु॒जासि॑ मघवञ्छफा॒रुज॑: । अ॒स्मिन्त्सु ते॒ सव॑ने अस्त्वो॒क्यं॑ सु॒त इ॒ष्टौ म॑घवन्बो॒ध्याभ॑गः ॥
इमं बिभर्मि सुकृतं ते अङ्कुशं येनारुजासि मघवञ्छफारुजः । अस्मिन्त्सु ते सवने अस्त्वोक्यं सुत इष्टौ मघवन्बोध्याभगः ॥
imam bibharmi sukṛtaṃ te aṅkuśaṃ yenārujāsi maghavañ chaphārujaḥ | asmin su te savane astv okyaṃ suta iṣṭau maghavan bodhy ābhagaḥ ||
English translation:
“I bear this your well-made goad, (excited) by which, Maghavat, you urge on the slayers of powerfulfoes. Let your abode be at this my sacrifice. Accept, Maghavat, who are to be adored, (my praise) at the sacrificeat which (the Soma) is effused.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Goad: aṅkuśa, metaphorically for praise, which urges or goads one to exertion;slayers of powerful foes: i.e., the elephants, airāvata, etc., śaphārujaḥ = striking with the hoof; śamba itivrānāma śamayatervā śātayatevrvā: Nirukta 5.24
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kṛṣṇaḥ [kṛṣṇa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): pādanicṛjjgatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इ॒मम् । बि॒भ॒र्मि॒ । सुऽकृ॑तम् । ते॒ । अ॒ङ्कु॒शम् । येन॑ । आ॒ऽरु॒जासि॑ । म॒घ॒ऽव॒न् । श॒फ॒ऽआ॒रुजः॑ । अ॒स्मिन् । सु । ते॒ । सव॑ने । अ॒स्तु॒ । ओ॒क्य॑म् । सु॒ते । इ॒ष्टौ । म॒घ॒ऽव॒न् । बो॒धि॒ । आऽभ॑गः ॥
इमम् । बिभर्मि । सुकृतम् । ते । अङ्कुशम् । येन । आरुजासि । मघवन् । शफआरुजः । अस्मिन् । सु । ते । सवने । अस्तु । ओक्यम् । सुते । इष्टौ । मघवन् । बोधि । आभगः ॥
imam | bibharmi | su-kṛtam | te | aṅkuśam | yena | ārujāsi | magha-van | śapha-ārujaḥ | asmin | su | te | savane | astu | okyam | sute | iṣṭau | magha-van | bodhi | ābhagaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.44.9 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“bring; hold; fill; support; wear; possess; carry; nourish; keep; hire; have; satiate; follow; bear.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“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.”
[noun], dative, singular
“you.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“elephant-drivers hook; hook.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“demolish; break up.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; maghavan [word].”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“yajña; savana [word]; Snāna; Soma sacrifice; press.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
[verb noun], locative, singular
“press out; su.”
[noun], locative, singular, feminine
“seeking.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; maghavan [word].”
[verb], singular, Aorist imperative
“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, singular, masculine
“partaker.”