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 10.86.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
न मत्स्त्री सु॑भ॒सत्त॑रा॒ न सु॒याशु॑तरा भुवत् । न मत्प्रति॑च्यवीयसी॒ न सक्थ्युद्य॑मीयसी॒ विश्व॑स्मा॒दिन्द्र॒ उत्त॑रः ॥
न मत्स्त्री सुभसत्तरा न सुयाशुतरा भुवत् । न मत्प्रतिच्यवीयसी न सक्थ्युद्यमीयसी विश्वस्मादिन्द्र उत्तरः ॥
na mat strī subhasattarā na suyāśutarā bhuvat | na mat praticyavīyasī na sakthy udyamīyasī viśvasmād indra uttaraḥ ||
English translation:
“There is no woman more amiable than I am, not one who bears fairer sons than I; nor one moretractable not one more ardent; Indra is above all (the world).”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vṛṣākapiraindra indrāṇīndraśca;Devatā (deity/subject-matter): varuṇaḥ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛtpaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
न । मत् । स्त्री । सु॒भ॒सत्ऽत॑रा । न । सु॒याशु॑ऽतरा । भु॒व॒त् । न । मत् । प्रति॑ऽच्यवीयसी । न । सक्थि॑ । उत्ऽय॑मीयसी । विश्व॑स्मात् । इन्द्रः॑ । उत्ऽत॑रः ॥
न । मत् । स्त्री । सुभसत्तरा । न । सुयाशुतरा । भुवत् । न । मत् । प्रतिच्यवीयसी । न । सक्थि । उत्यमीयसी । विश्वस्मात् । इन्द्रः । उत्तरः ॥
na | mat | strī | subhasat-tarā | na | suyāśu-tarā | bhuvat | na | mat | prati-cyavīyasī | na | sakthi | ut-yamīyasī | viśvasmāt | indraḥ | ut-taraḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.86.6 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], ablative, singular
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“woman; wife; feminine; strīvajra; sexual activity; strī [word]; daughter; female.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
[verb], singular, Aorist conj./subj.
“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], ablative, singular
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“leg; thigh; sakthi [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
[noun], ablative, singular, neuter
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“northern; following; upper; additional; better; more(a); last; concluding; superior; later(a); uttara [word]; prevailing; future; left; northerly; northerly; higher; second; dominant; excellent; chief(a).”