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 10.73.8
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वमे॒तानि॑ पप्रिषे॒ वि नामेशा॑न इन्द्र दधिषे॒ गभ॑स्तौ । अनु॑ त्वा दे॒वाः शव॑सा मदन्त्यु॒परि॑बुध्नान्व॒निन॑श्चकर्थ ॥
त्वमेतानि पप्रिषे वि नामेशान इन्द्र दधिषे गभस्तौ । अनु त्वा देवाः शवसा मदन्त्युपरिबुध्नान्वनिनश्चकर्थ ॥
tvam etāni papriṣe vi nāmeśāna indra dadhiṣe gabhastau | anu tvā devāḥ śavasā madanty uparibudhnān vaninaś cakartha ||
English translation:
“You have filled these waters, you, Indra, who are the lord (of all) bear (the thunderbolt) in your hands;the gods glorify you (who are endowed) with strength; you have made the clouds with their roots upwards.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Youhave made... roots upwqards: i.e., you have turned them upside down-- adhomukhān, with their faces turneddownwards;
Vaninaḥ = clouds, or rays
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gaurivītiḥ [gaurivīti];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): pādanicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वम् । ए॒तानि॑ । प॒प्रि॒षे॒ । वि । नाम॑ । ईशा॑नः । इ॒न्द्र॒ । द॒धि॒षे॒ । गभ॑स्तौ । अनु॑ । त्वा॒ । दे॒वाः । शव॑सा । म॒द॒न्ति॒ । उ॒परि॑ऽबुध्नान् । व॒निनः॑ । च॒क॒र्थ॒ ॥
त्वम् । एतानि । पप्रिषे । वि । नाम । ईशानः । इन्द्र । दधिषे । गभस्तौ । अनु । त्वा । देवाः । शवसा । मदन्ति । उपरिबुध्नान् । वनिनः । चकर्थ ॥
tvam | etāni | papriṣe | vi | nāma | īśānaḥ | indra | dadhiṣe | gabhastau | anu | tvā | devāḥ | śavasā | madanti | upari-budhnān | vaninaḥ | cakartha
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.73.8 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular
“you.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); etad [word].”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“fill; satisfy.”
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“name; appellation; nāman [word]; nāmakaraṇa; surname; noun; word.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Shiva; Īśāna; ruler; Vishnu; īśvara; overlord.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“beam; hand; sun.”
[adverb]
“subsequently; behind; along; towards; because.”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“strength; power; superiority.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“rut; intoxicate; delight; revel; rejoice; drink; ramp; exult.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“tree.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“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.”