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 10.50.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
के ते नर॑ इन्द्र॒ ये त॑ इ॒षे ये ते॑ सु॒म्नं स॑ध॒न्य१॒॑मिय॑क्षान् । के ते॒ वाजा॑यासु॒र्या॑य हिन्विरे॒ के अ॒प्सु स्वासू॒र्वरा॑सु॒ पौंस्ये॑ ॥
के ते नर इन्द्र ये त इषे ये ते सुम्नं सधन्यमियक्षान् । के ते वाजायासुर्याय हिन्विरे के अप्सु स्वासूर्वरासु पौंस्ये ॥
ke te nara indra ye ta iṣe ye te sumnaṃ sadhanyam iyakṣān | ke te vājāyāsuryāya hinvire ke apsu svāsūrvarāsu pauṃsye ||
English translation:
“What men, Indra, are they who (are eminent in offering food to you, who are desirous of obtaining fromthe happiness and opulence, who send you (oblations) for the sake of strength (to fight) the asura, who (sentoblations) for the sake of obtaining spontaneously-flowing waters and cultivable lands, and manly vigour?”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): indro vaikuṇṭhaḥ [indra vaikuṇṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indro vaikuṇṭhaḥ;
Chandas (meter): pādanicṛjjgatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
के । ते । नरः॑ । इ॒न्द्र॒ । ये । ते॒ । इष॒े । ये । ते॒ । सु॒म्नम् । स॒ऽध॒न्य॑म् । इय॑क्षान् । के । ते॒ । वाजा॑य । अ॒सु॒र्या॑य । हि॒न्वि॒रे॒ । के । अ॒प्ऽसु । स्वासु॑ । उ॒र्वरा॑सु । पौंस्ये॑ ॥
के । ते । नरः । इन्द्र । ये । ते । इषे । ये । ते । सुम्नम् । सधन्यम् । इयक्षान् । के । ते । वाजाय । असुर्याय । हिन्विरे । के । अप्सु । स्वासु । उर्वरासु । पौंस्ये ॥
ke | te | naraḥ | indra | ye | te | iṣe | ye | te | sumnam | sa-dhanyam | iyakṣān | ke | te | vājāya | asuryāya | hinvire | ke | ap-su | svāsu | urvarāsu | paiṃsye
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.50.3 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“what; who; ka [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], dative, singular
“you.”
[noun], dative, singular, feminine
“refreshment; enjoyment; stores.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“favor; benevolence; sumna [word]; entreaty; favor.”
[adverb]
“with; little; together.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“fortunate; auspicious; affluent.”
[verb], plural, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“endeavor.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“what; who; ka [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“prize; Vāja; reward; reward; Ribhus; vigor; strength; contest.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“impel; send; spur; stimulate; urge.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“what; who; ka [pronoun].”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”
[noun], locative, plural, feminine
“own(a); respective(a); akin(p); sva [word]; individual; present(a); independent.”
[noun], locative, plural, feminine
“field; Urvarā.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“manfulness; deed; army; strength.”