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 10.100.1

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इन्द्र॒ दृह्य॑ मघव॒न्त्वाव॒दिद्भु॒ज इ॒ह स्तु॒तः सु॑त॒पा बो॑धि नो वृ॒धे । दे॒वेभि॑र्नः सवि॒ता प्राव॑तु श्रु॒तमा स॒र्वता॑ति॒मदि॑तिं वृणीमहे ॥
इन्द्र दृह्य मघवन्त्वावदिद्भुज इह स्तुतः सुतपा बोधि नो वृधे । देवेभिर्नः सविता प्रावतु श्रुतमा सर्वतातिमदितिं वृणीमहे ॥
indra dṛhya maghavan tvāvad id bhuja iha stutaḥ sutapā bodhi no vṛdhe | devebhir naḥ savitā prāvatu śrutam ā sarvatātim aditiṃ vṛṇīmahe ||

English translation:

“Consume, afluent Indra, (the foe that is) like you (in might); praised on this occasion, do you who arethe drinker of the libation be favourable to our advancement. May Savitā, with the gods, defend our sacrifice;we long for the universal Aditi.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Aditi: sarvatāti = all; or, all-pervading, from tai, to extend

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): duvasyurvāndanaḥ [duvasyurvāndana];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): jagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इन्द्र॑ । दृह्य॑ । म॒घ॒ऽव॒न् । त्वाऽव॑त् । इत् । भु॒जे । इ॒ह । स्तु॒तः । सु॒त॒ऽपाः । बो॒धि॒ । नः॒ । वृ॒धे । दे॒वेभिः॑ । नः॒ । स॒वि॒ता । प्र । अ॒व॒तु॒ । श्रु॒तम् । आ । स॒र्वऽता॑तिम् । अदि॑तिम् । वृ॒णी॒म॒हे॒ ॥
इन्द्र । दृह्य । मघवन् । त्वावत् । इत् । भुजे । इह । स्तुतः । सुतपाः । बोधि । नः । वृधे । देवेभिः । नः । सविता । प्र । अवतु । श्रुतम् । आ । सर्वतातिम् । अदितिम् । वृणीमहे ॥
indra | dṛhya | magha-van | tvāvat | it | bhuje | iha | stutaḥ | suta-pāḥ | bodhi | naḥ | vṛdhe | devebhiḥ | naḥ | savitā | pra | avatu | śrutam | ā | sarva-tātim | adi tim | vṛṇīmahe

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.100.1 English analysis of grammar]

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

dṛhya < dṛh

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“fixate; strengthen.”

maghavan

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Indra; maghavan [word].”

tvāvad < tvāvat

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

id

[adverb]

“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”

bhuja < bhuj

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“eat; enjoy; consume; eat; love; burn; run down; enjoy; live on.”

iha

[adverb]

“here; now; in this world; now; below; there; here; just.”

stutaḥ < stu

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“laud; praise; declare; stu.”

sutapā < suta

[noun], masculine

“Soma.”

sutapā < pāḥ <

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“drinking.”

bodhi < bhū

[verb], singular, Aorist imperative

“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.”

no < naḥ < mad

[noun], accusative, plural

“I; mine.”

vṛdhe < vṛdh

[verb noun]

“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”

devebhir < devebhiḥ < deva

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

naḥ < mad

[noun], genitive, plural

“I; mine.”

savitā < savitṛ

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Savitar; sun; Surya; Savitṛ.”

prāvatu < prāv < √av

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“help; promote.”

śrutam < śru

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“listen; come to know; hear; hear; listen; study; heed; learn.”

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

sarvatātim < sarvatāti

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“completeness; prosperity; sum.”

aditiṃ < aditim < aditi

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“Aditi; aditi [word].”

vṛṇīmahe < vṛ

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“choose; ask.”

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