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 10.103.5

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ब॒ल॒वि॒ज्ञा॒यः स्थवि॑र॒: प्रवी॑र॒: सह॑स्वान्वा॒जी सह॑मान उ॒ग्रः । अ॒भिवी॑रो अ॒भिस॑त्वा सहो॒जा जैत्र॑मिन्द्र॒ रथ॒मा ति॑ष्ठ गो॒वित् ॥
बलविज्ञायः स्थविरः प्रवीरः सहस्वान्वाजी सहमान उग्रः । अभिवीरो अभिसत्वा सहोजा जैत्रमिन्द्र रथमा तिष्ठ गोवित् ॥
balavijñāyaḥ sthaviraḥ pravīraḥ sahasvān vājī sahamāna ugraḥ | abhivīro abhisatvā sahojā jaitram indra ratham ā tiṣṭha govit ||

English translation:

“Known by his strength mighty, heroic, overpowering, vigorous, enduring, fierce, attended by heroes,attended by mighty men, the offspring of strength, the possessor of water, do you, Indra, ascend your triumphantchariot.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Water: govit, knowing or accepting the song of praise

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): apratiratha aindraḥ [apratiratha aindra];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ब॒ल॒ऽवि॒ज्ञा॒यः । स्थवि॑रः । प्रऽवी॑रः । सह॑स्वान् । वा॒जी । सह॑मानः । उ॒ग्रः । अ॒भिऽवी॑रः । अ॒भिऽस॑त्वा । स॒हः॒ऽजाः । जैत्र॑म् । इ॒न्द्र॒ । रथ॑म् । आ । ति॒ष्ठ॒ । गो॒ऽवित् ॥
बलविज्ञायः । स्थविरः । प्रवीरः । सहस्वान् । वाजी । सहमानः । उग्रः । अभिवीरः । अभिसत्वा । सहःजाः । जैत्रम् । इन्द्र । रथम् । आ । तिष्ठ । गोवित् ॥
bala-vijñāyaḥ | sthaviraḥ | pra-vīraḥ | sahasvān | vājī | sahamānaḥ | ugraḥ | abhi-vīraḥ | abhi-satvā | sahaḥ-jāḥ | jaitram | indra | ratham | ā | tiṣṭha | go--vit

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.103.5 English analysis of grammar]

balavijñāya < bala

[noun], neuter

“strength; army; power; force; potency; vigor; Balarama; bala; violence; might; Shiva; bala [word]; myrrh; semen; reflex; bronze; influence; erection; potency; intensity.”

balavijñāya < vijñāya < vijñā < √jñā

[verb noun]

“know; diagnose; detect; find; identify; call; understand; observe; name; deem; recognize; explain; know.”

sthaviraḥ < sthavira

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“old; strong; hardy; firm; firm.”

pravīraḥ < pravīra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“hero.”

sahasvān < sahasvat

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“mighty; powerful.”

vājī < vājin

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“horse; bird; seven; hero; achiever; aphrodisiac.”

sahamāna < sahamānaḥ < sah

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“endure; overcome; habituate.”

ugraḥ < ugra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“powerful; awful; dangerous; intense; mighty; potent; colicky; atrocious.”

abhivīro < abhivīraḥ < abhivīra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

abhisatvā < abhisatvan

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

sahojā < sahaḥ < sahas

[noun], neuter

“force; strength; might; sahas [word]; conquest.”

sahojā < jāḥ <

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“born.”

jaitram < jaitra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

ratham < ratha

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“chariot; warrior; ratha [word]; Dalbergia oojeinensis; rattan.”

ā

[adverb]

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

tiṣṭha < sthā

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“stay; stand; situate; exist; [in]; resist; endure; put; soak; be; stop; adhere; get stale; concentrate; grow; trust; wake; consociate; last; dwell; lie; stand; stop.”

govit < go

[noun]

“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”

govit < vid

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“finding.”

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