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 10.74.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यद्वा॒वान॑ पुरु॒तमं॑ पुरा॒षाळा वृ॑त्र॒हेन्द्रो॒ नामा॑न्यप्राः । अचे॑ति प्रा॒सह॒स्पति॒स्तुवि॑ष्मा॒न्यदी॑मु॒श्मसि॒ कर्त॑वे॒ कर॒त्तत् ॥
यद्वावान पुरुतमं पुराषाळा वृत्रहेन्द्रो नामान्यप्राः । अचेति प्रासहस्पतिस्तुविष्मान्यदीमुश्मसि कर्तवे करत्तत् ॥
yad vāvāna purutamam purāṣāḻ ā vṛtrahendro nāmāny aprāḥ | aceti prāsahas patis tuviṣmān yad īm uśmasi kartave karat tat ||
English translation:
“When Indra, the destroyer of cities, had slain the most mighty (Vṛtra), then he the Vṛtra-slayer filledthe waters; he was manifest (to all), the subduer of enemies, the lord of all, the most opulent; may he do thatwhich we desire to have done.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gaurivītiḥ [gaurivīti];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): virāṭtrisṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यत् । व॒वान॑ । पु॒रु॒ऽतम॑म् । पु॒रा॒षाट् । आ । वृ॒त्र॒ऽहा । इन्द्रः॑ । नामा॑नि । अ॒प्राः॒ । अचे॑ति । प्र॒ऽसहः॑ । पतिः॑ । तुवि॑ष्मान् । यत् । ई॒म् । उ॒श्मसि॑ । कर्त॑वे । कर॑त् । तत् ॥
यत् । ववान । पुरुतमम् । पुराषाट् । आ । वृत्रहा । इन्द्रः । नामानि । अप्राः । अचेति । प्रसहः । पतिः । तुविष्मान् । यत् । ईम् । उश्मसि । कर्तवे । करत् । तत् ॥
yat | vavāna | puru-tamam | purāṣāṭ | ā | vṛtra-hā | indraḥ | nāmāni | aprāḥ | aceti | pra-sahaḥ | patiḥ | tuviṣmān | yat | īm | uśmasi | kartave | karat | tat
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.74.6 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“obtain; gain; desire; get; like; love; overcome.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“most(a).”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“name; appellation; nāman [word]; nāmakaraṇa; surname; noun; word.”
[verb], singular, Root aorist (Ind.)
“fill; satisfy.”
[verb], singular, Aorist passive
“notice; observe; attend to; intend.”
[noun], genitive, singular, feminine
“violence.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“husband; overlord; king; deity; īśvara; ruler; pati [word]; commanding officer; leader; owner; mayor; lord.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“powerful.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[adverb]
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“desire; agree; call; care; like; love.”
[verb noun]
“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.”
[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“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.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”