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 10.67.12
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इन्द्रो॑ म॒ह्ना म॑ह॒तो अ॑र्ण॒वस्य॒ वि मू॒र्धान॑मभिनदर्बु॒दस्य॑ । अह॒न्नहि॒मरि॑णात्स॒प्त सिन्धू॑न्दे॒वैर्द्या॑वापृथिवी॒ प्राव॑तं नः ॥
इन्द्रो मह्ना महतो अर्णवस्य वि मूर्धानमभिनदर्बुदस्य । अहन्नहिमरिणात्सप्त सिन्धून्देवैर्द्यावापृथिवी प्रावतं नः ॥
indro mahnā mahato arṇavasya vi mūrdhānam abhinad arbudasya | ahann ahim ariṇāt sapta sindhūn devair dyāvāpṛthivī prāvataṃ naḥ ||
English translation:
“Indra by his might has cleft the brow of the vast watery cloud, he has slain Ahi; he has made the sevenrivers flow; do you, heaven and earth, along with the gods, protect us.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Indra; ie., Bṛhaspati
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): ayāsyaḥ [ayāsya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): bṛhaspatiḥ ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इन्द्रः॑ । म॒ह्ना । म॒ह॒तः । अ॒र्ण॒वस्य॑ । वि । मू॒र्धान॑म् । अ॒भि॒न॒त् । अ॒र्बु॒दस्य॑ । अह॑न् । अहि॑म् । अरि॑णात् । स॒प्त । सिन्धू॑न् । दे॒वैः । द्या॒वा॒पृ॒थि॒वी॒ इति॑ । प्र । अ॒व॒त॒म् । नः॒ ॥
इन्द्रः । मह्ना । महतः । अर्णवस्य । वि । मूर्धानम् । अभिनत् । अर्बुदस्य । अहन् । अहिम् । अरिणात् । सप्त । सिन्धून् । देवैः । द्यावापृथिवी इति । प्र । अवतम् । नः ॥
indraḥ | mahnā | mahataḥ | arṇavasya | vi | mūrdhānam | abhinat | arbudasya | ahan | ahim | ariṇāt | sapta | sindhūn | devaiḥ | dyāvāpṛthivī iti | pra | avatam | naḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.67.12 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“greatness.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“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.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“ocean; sea; four.”
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“head; battlefront; peak; top; mūrdhan [word]; leader; top.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“break; incise; burst; divide; cut; cleave; destroy; cure; disturb; lance; break; distinguish; disclose; pierce; tear; separate; transgress; break open; scratch; penetrate; sever; bribe; grind; betray; fester; strike.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Arbuda; Arbuda; Arbuda.”
[verb], singular, Root aorist (Ind.)
“kill; cure; māray; remove; destroy; hit; injure; damage; destroy; paralyze; hurt; forge; beat; cut off; stop; overwhelm; kick; hunt; affect; strike; hammer; love; obstruct; shoot.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“snake; lead; nāga; Nāga; ahi [word]; Vṛtra.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“free; liberate; run; let go of.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“seven; seventh.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“river; Indus; sindhu [word].”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], vocative, dual, feminine
“heaven and earth; dyāvāpṛthivī [word].”
[verb], dual, Imperfect
“help; promote.”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”