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 10.103.8

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इन्द्र॑ आसां ने॒ता बृह॒स्पति॒र्दक्षि॑णा य॒ज्ञः पु॒र ए॑तु॒ सोम॑: । दे॒व॒से॒नाना॑मभिभञ्जती॒नां जय॑न्तीनां म॒रुतो॑ य॒न्त्वग्र॑म् ॥
इन्द्र आसां नेता बृहस्पतिर्दक्षिणा यज्ञः पुर एतु सोमः । देवसेनानामभिभञ्जतीनां जयन्तीनां मरुतो यन्त्वग्रम् ॥
indra āsāṃ netā bṛhaspatir dakṣiṇā yajñaḥ pura etu somaḥ | devasenānām abhibhañjatīnāṃ jayantīnām maruto yantv agram ||

English translation:

“May Indra be the leader of these (hosts), may Bṛhaspati, Dakṣiṇā, Yajña, and Soma go before, letthe Maruts march in the van of the destroying and victorious armies of the gods.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Dakṣiṇā: not a proper name;may the yajña- puruṣa (i.e., Viṣṇu) go on the right and Soma go before

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इन्द्रः॑ । आ॒सा॒म् । ने॒ता । बृह॒स्पतिः॑ । दक्षि॑णा । य॒ज्ञः । पु॒रः । ए॒तु॒ । सोमः॑ । दे॒व॒ऽसे॒नाना॑म् । अ॒भि॒ऽभ॒ञ्ज॒ती॒नाम् । जय॑न्तीनाम् । म॒रुतः॑ । य॒न्तु॒ । अग्र॑म् ॥
इन्द्रः । आसाम् । नेता । बृहस्पतिः । दक्षिणा । यज्ञः । पुरः । एतु । सोमः । देवसेनानाम् । अभिभञ्जतीनाम् । जयन्तीनाम् । मरुतः । यन्तु । अग्रम् ॥
indraḥ | āsām | netā | bṛhaspatiḥ | dakṣiṇā | yajñaḥ | puraḥ | etu | somaḥ | deva-senānām | abhi-bhañjatīnām | jayantīnām | marutaḥ | yantu | agram

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.103.8 English analysis of grammar]

indra < indraḥ < indra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

āsāṃ < āsām < idam

[noun], genitive, plural, feminine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

netā < netṛ

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“leader; Vitex negundo.”

bṛhaspatir < bṛhaspatiḥ < bṛhaspati

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Brihaspati; Jupiter; Bṛhaspati.”

dakṣiṇā

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“Dakṣiṇā; south; dakṣiṇā [word]; gift; South.”

yajñaḥ < yajña

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”

pura < puras

[adverb]

“ahead; puras [word]; easterly; eastward; east; earlier.”

etu < i

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”

somaḥ < soma

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

devasenānām < deva

[noun], masculine

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

devasenānām < senānām < senā

[noun], genitive, plural, feminine

“army; senā [word]; armament.”

abhibhañjatīnāṃ < abhibhañjatīnām < abhibhañj < √bhañj

[verb noun], genitive, plural

jayantīnām < ji

[verb noun], genitive, plural

“overcome; cure; win; conquer; control; win; succeed; remove; beat; govern; surpass; suppress.”

maruto < marutaḥ < marut

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”

yantv < yantu < i

[verb], plural, Present imperative

“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”

agram < agra

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“tip; beginning; peak; end; front; top; beginning; battlefront; agra [word]; acme; fingertip; top; best; optimum; climax; matter; glans.”

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