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...
Disclaimer: These are translations of Sanskrit texts and are not necessarily approved by everyone associated with the traditions connected to these texts. Consult the source and original scripture in case of doubt.
Rig Veda 10.86.23
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
पर्शु॑र्ह॒ नाम॑ मान॒वी सा॒कं स॑सूव विंश॒तिम् । भ॒द्रं भ॑ल॒ त्यस्या॑ अभू॒द्यस्या॑ उ॒दर॒माम॑य॒द्विश्व॑स्मा॒दिन्द्र॒ उत्त॑रः ॥
पर्शुर्ह नाम मानवी साकं ससूव विंशतिम् । भद्रं भल त्यस्या अभूद्यस्या उदरमामयद्विश्वस्मादिन्द्र उत्तरः ॥
parśur ha nāma mānavī sākaṃ sasūva viṃśatim | bhadram bhala tyasyā abhūd yasyā udaram āmayad viśvasmād indra uttaraḥ ||
English translation:
“The daughter of Manu, Parśu by name, bore twenty children at once; may good fortune, O arrow ofIndra, befall her whose belly was so prolific; Indra is above all (the world).”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Indra is the deity invoked: Nirukta13.3
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vṛṣākapiraindra indrāṇīndraśca;Devatā (deity/subject-matter): varuṇaḥ;
Chandas (meter): paṅktiḥ ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
पशुः॑ । ह॒ । नाम॑ । मा॒न॒वी । सा॒कम् । स॒सू॒व॒ । विं॒श॒तिम् । भ॒द्रम् । भ॒ल॒ । त्यस्यै॑ । अ॒भू॒त् । यस्याः॑ । उ॒दर॑म् । आम॑यत् । विश्व॑स्मात् । इन्द्रः॑ । उत्ऽत॑रः ॥
पशुः । ह । नाम । मानवी । साकम् । ससूव । विंशतिम् । भद्रम् । भल । त्यस्यै । अभूत् । यस्याः । उदरम् । आमयत् । विश्वस्मात् । इन्द्रः । उत्तरः ॥
paśuḥ | ha | nāma | mānavī | sākam | sasūva | viṃśatim | bhadram | bhala | tyasyai | abhūt | yasyāḥ | udaram | āmayat | viśvasmāt | indraḥ | ut-taraḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.86.23 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“Parśu.”
[adverb]
“indeed; ha [word].”
[adverb]
“by name; indeed; however; indeed.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“woman.”
[adverb]
“together; jointly; simultaneously.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“press out; su.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“twenty; twentieth; viṃśati [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“happiness; bhadra; deodar; Bhadra; Bhadra; bhadra [word]; Bhadra; Bhadrāsana; prosperity; good fortune; benefit.”
[adverb]
[noun], genitive, singular, feminine
“that.”
[verb], singular, Root aorist (Ind.)
“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.”
[noun], genitive, singular, feminine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“udara; cavity; abdomen; inside; stomach; belly; udara [word]; garbha; abdominal disease; intestine; inside; uterus; vessel.”
[?]
“_”
[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).”