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 10.99.9
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स व्राध॑तः शवसा॒नेभि॑रस्य॒ कुत्सा॑य॒ शुष्णं॑ कृ॒पणे॒ परा॑दात् । अ॒यं क॒विम॑नयच्छ॒स्यमा॑न॒मत्कं॒ यो अ॑स्य॒ सनि॑तो॒त नृ॒णाम् ॥
स व्राधतः शवसानेभिरस्य कुत्साय शुष्णं कृपणे परादात् । अयं कविमनयच्छस्यमानमत्कं यो अस्य सनितोत नृणाम् ॥
sa vrādhataḥ śavasānebhir asya kutsāya śuṣṇaṃ kṛpaṇe parādāt | ayaṃ kavim anayac chasyamānam atkaṃ yo asya sanitota nṛṇām ||
English translation:
“Let him overthrow the mighty with powerful (weapons); he destroyed Śuṣṇa for the sake of the liberalKutsa; he humiliated Kavi, who praised him, who was the giver of form to Indra and his men.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Kutsa: kutsāyaśuṣṇamaśuṣam ni barhīḥ : RV 4.16.12; let him overthrow: asya = his, śavasānebhiḥ; or, asyatu, let himthrow;
Kavi = Uśanā, the son of Kavi
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vamro vaikhānasaḥ [vamra vaikhānasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सः । व्राध॑तः । श॒व॒सा॒नेभिः॑ । अ॒स्य॒ । कुत्सा॑य । शुष्ण॑म् । कृ॒पणे॑ । परा॑ । अ॒दा॒त् । अ॒यम् । क॒विम् । अ॒न॒य॒त् । श॒स्यमा॑नम् । अत्क॑म् । यः । अ॒स्य॒ । सनि॑ता । उ॒त । नृ॒णाम् ॥
सः । व्राधतः । शवसानेभिः । अस्य । कुत्साय । शुष्णम् । कृपणे । परा । अदात् । अयम् । कविम् । अनयत् । शस्यमानम् । अत्कम् । यः । अस्य । सनिता । उत । नृणाम् ॥
saḥ | vrādhataḥ | śavasānebhiḥ | asya | kutsāya | śuṣṇam | kṛpaṇe | parā | adāt | ayam | kavim | anayat | śasyamānam | atkam | yaḥ | asya | sanitā | uta | nṛṇām
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.99.9 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[verb noun], accusative, plural
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“strong.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“Kutsa; kutsa [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Śuṣṇa.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
[verb], singular, Root aorist (Ind.)
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“poet; wise man; bard; Venus; Uśanas; kavi [word]; Kavi; prophet; guru; Brahma.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“bring; lead; spend; decant; enter (a state); remove; take out; take away; enforce; marry; carry; fill into; bring; learn; go out; add.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“recommend; tell; praise; approve; communicate; recite; commend; bode; name; agree.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“garment.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[verb], singular, periphrast. future
“win; get; gain.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”