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 10.73.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
द्रु॒हो निष॑त्ता पृश॒नी चि॒देवै॑: पु॒रू शंसे॑न वावृधु॒ष्ट इन्द्र॑म् । अ॒भीवृ॑तेव॒ ता म॑हाप॒देन॑ ध्वा॒न्तात्प्र॑पि॒त्वादुद॑रन्त॒ गर्भा॑: ॥
द्रुहो निषत्ता पृशनी चिदेवैः पुरू शंसेन वावृधुष्ट इन्द्रम् । अभीवृतेव ता महापदेन ध्वान्तात्प्रपित्वादुदरन्त गर्भाः ॥
druho niṣattā pṛśanī cid evaiḥ purū śaṃsena vāvṛdhuṣ ṭa indram | abhīvṛteva tā mahāpadena dhvāntāt prapitvād ud aranta garbhāḥ ||
English translation:
“The material troop of (Indra) the injurer encamped around Indra, (accompanied) by the swift-moving(maruts); they animated him with abundant praise; like (cattle) penned up within a great stall, the embryonic(waters) issued from the (Vṛtra) who had arrived in the form of darkness.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gaurivītiḥ [gaurivīti];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
द्रु॒हः । निऽस॑त्ता । पृ॒श॒नी । चि॒त् । एवैः॑ । पु॒रु । शंसे॑न । व॒वृ॒धुः॒ । ते । इन्द्र॑म् । अ॒भिवृ॑ताऽइव । ता । म॒हा॒ऽप॒देन॑ । ध्वा॒न्तात् । प्र॒ऽपि॒त्वात् । उत् । अ॒र॒न्त॒ । गर्भाः॑ ॥
द्रुहः । निसत्ता । पृशनी । चित् । एवैः । पुरु । शंसेन । ववृधुः । ते । इन्द्रम् । अभिवृताइव । ता । महापदेन । ध्वान्तात् । प्रपित्वात् । उत् । अरन्त । गर्भाः ॥
druhaḥ | ni-sattā | pṛśanī | cit | evaiḥ | puru | śaṃsena | vavṛdhuḥ | te | indram | abhivṛtāiva | tā | mahāpadena | dhvāntāt | pra-pitvāt | ut | aranta | garbhāḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.73.2 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“deception; druh; misrepresentation; fraudulence; offense; injury.”
[adverb]
“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“sit down; sit; put.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
[adverb]
“even; indeed.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“eva [word]; habit; manner; behavior; custom.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“many; much(a); very.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“praise; śaṃs; recitation.”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”
[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], accusative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], nominative, plural, neuter
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[noun], nominative, plural, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun]
“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], instrumental, singular, neuter
“word; location; foot; footprint; pada [word]; verse; footstep; metrical foot; situation; dwelling; state; step; mark; position; trace; construction; animal foot; way; moment; social station; topographic point; path; residence; site; topic.”
[noun], ablative, singular, neuter
“dark; dhvānta [word]; night; night.”
[noun], ablative, singular, neuter
“beginning.”
[adverb]
“up.”
[verb], plural, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“enter (a state); travel; shoot; send; hit; originate; get; raise; begin; harm.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“fetus; garbha; inside; cavity; embryo; uterus; child; pit; garbhadruti; filling; pregnancy; room; abdomen; fertilization; inside; hole; baby; calyx; midst.”