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 10.86.10

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सं॒हो॒त्रं स्म॑ पु॒रा नारी॒ सम॑नं॒ वाव॑ गच्छति । वे॒धा ऋ॒तस्य॑ वी॒रिणीन्द्र॑पत्नी महीयते॒ विश्व॑स्मा॒दिन्द्र॒ उत्त॑रः ॥
संहोत्रं स्म पुरा नारी समनं वाव गच्छति । वेधा ऋतस्य वीरिणीन्द्रपत्नी महीयते विश्वस्मादिन्द्र उत्तरः ॥
saṃhotraṃ sma purā nārī samanaṃ vāva gacchati | vedhā ṛtasya vīriṇīndrapatnī mahīyate viśvasmād indra uttaraḥ ||

English translation:

“The mother who is the instrumental tutress of the ceremony, the mother of male offspring, the wife of Indra,goes first to the united sacrifice to battle, (and) is honoured (by the praisers); 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]:

स॒म्ऽहो॒त्रम् । स्म॒ । पु॒रा । नारी॑ । सम॑नम् । वा॒ । अव॑ । ग॒च्छ॒ति॒ । वे॒धाः । ऋ॒तस्य॑ । वी॒रिणी॑ । इन्द्र॑ऽपत्नी । म॒ही॒य॒ते॒ । विश्व॑स्मात् । इन्द्रः॑ । उत्ऽत॑रः ॥
सम्होत्रम् । स्म । पुरा । नारी । समनम् । वा । अव । गच्छति । वेधाः । ऋतस्य । वीरिणी । इन्द्रपत्नी । महीयते । विश्वस्मात् । इन्द्रः । उत्तरः ॥
sam-hotram | sma | purā | nārī | samanam | vā | ava | gacchati | vedhāḥ | ṛtasya | vīriṇī | indra-patnī | mahīyate | viśvasmāt | indraḥ | ut-taraḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.86.10 English analysis of grammar]

saṃhotraṃ < saṃhotram < saṃhotra

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

sma

[adverb]

purā

[adverb]

“once; earlier; first; purā [indecl.].”

nārī

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“woman; wife; female.”

samanaṃ < samanam < samana

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“marriage; conflict.”

vāva

[adverb]

“vāva [word]; entirely.”

gacchati < gam

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”

vedhā < vedhāḥ < vedhas

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Brahma; creator; believer [worshipper]; Vishnu.”

ṛtasya < ṛta

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“truth; order; fixed order; ṛta [word]; law; custom; custom.”

vīriṇīndrapatnī < vīriṇī

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

vīriṇīndrapatnī < indra

[noun], masculine

“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”

vīriṇīndrapatnī < patnī

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“wife; mistress; queen.”

mahīyate < mahīy

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“rejoice; revel.”

viśvasmād < viśvasmāt < viśva

[noun], ablative, singular, neuter

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

indra < indraḥ < indra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”

uttaraḥ < uttara

[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).”

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