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 10.55.7

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ऐभि॑र्ददे॒ वृष्ण्या॒ पौंस्या॑नि॒ येभि॒रौक्ष॑द्वृत्र॒हत्या॑य व॒ज्री । ये कर्म॑णः क्रि॒यमा॑णस्य म॒ह्न ऋ॑तेक॒र्ममु॒दजा॑यन्त दे॒वाः ॥
ऐभिर्ददे वृष्ण्या पौंस्यानि येभिरौक्षद्वृत्रहत्याय वज्री । ये कर्मणः क्रियमाणस्य मह्न ऋतेकर्ममुदजायन्त देवाः ॥
aibhir dade vṛṣṇyā pauṃsyāni yebhir aukṣad vṛtrahatyāya vajrī | ye karmaṇaḥ kriyamāṇasya mahna ṛtekarmam udajāyanta devāḥ ||

English translation:

Indra bestows fertilizing energies (accompanied by these Maruts in whose company the thunderersends down showers in order to destroy sin; the deities who were born for giving rain (to assist) in the actperformed be great Indra.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vṛhaduktho vāmadevyaḥ [vṛhaduktha vāmadevya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): virāṭtrisṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ । ए॒भिः॒ । द॒दे॒ । वृ॒ष्ण्या॒ । पौंस्या॑नि । येभिः॑ । औक्ष॑त् । वृ॒त्र॒ऽहत्या॑य । व॒ज्री । ये । कर्म॑णः । क्रि॒यमा॑णस्य । म॒ह्ना । ऋ॒ते॒ऽक॒र्मम् । उ॒त्ऽअजा॑यन्त । दे॒वाः ॥
आ । एभिः । ददे । वृष्ण्या । पौंस्यानि । येभिः । औक्षत् । वृत्रहत्याय । वज्री । ये । कर्मणः । क्रियमाणस्य । मह्ना । ऋतेकर्मम् । उत्अजायन्त । देवाः ॥
ā | ebhiḥ | dade | vṛṣṇyā | paiṃsyāni | yebhiḥ | aukṣat | vṛtra-hatyāya | vajrī | ye | karmaṇaḥ | kriyamāṇasya | mahnā | ṛte--karmam | ut-ajāyanta | devāḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.55.7 English analysis of grammar]

aibhir < ā

[adverb]

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

aibhir < ebhiḥ < idam

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

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

dade <

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“give; add; perform; put; administer; fill into; give; ignite; put on; offer; use; fuel; pour; grant; feed; teach; construct; insert; drip; wrap; pay; hand over; lend; inflict; concentrate; sacrifice; splint; poultice; create.”

vṛṣṇyā < vṛṣṇya

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“manfulness; virility.”

pauṃsyāni < pauṃsya

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“manfulness; deed; army; strength.”

yebhir < yebhiḥ < yad

[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

aukṣad < aukṣat < vakṣ

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“grow; grow.”

vṛtrahatyāya < vṛtra

[noun], masculine

“Vṛtra; vṛtra [word].”

vṛtrahatyāya < hatyāya < hatya

[noun], dative, singular, neuter

“killing.”

vajrī < vajrin

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Indra; vajra; Euphorbia neriifolia L.; abhra; Buddha.”

ye < yad

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

karmaṇaḥ < karman

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“action; saṃskāra; ritual; procedure; karman; treatment; object; function; production; job; operation; karman [word]; act; job; passive voice; activity; consequence; function; yajña; pañcakarman; cooking; occupation; profession; construction; duty; method; natural process; duty; therapy.”

kriyamāṇasya < kṛ

[verb noun], genitive, 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.”

mahna < mahnaḥ < mahan

[noun], ablative, singular, neuter

“greatness.”

ṛtekarmam

[adverb]

ud

[adverb]

“up.”

ajāyanta < jan

[verb], plural, Imperfect

“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”

devāḥ < deva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

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