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 10.105.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सचा॒योरिन्द्र॒श्चर्कृ॑ष॒ आँ उ॑पान॒सः स॑प॒र्यन् । न॒दयो॒र्विव्र॑तयो॒: शूर॒ इन्द्र॑: ॥
सचायोरिन्द्रश्चर्कृष आँ उपानसः सपर्यन् । नदयोर्विव्रतयोः शूर इन्द्रः ॥
sacāyor indraś carkṛṣa ām̐ upānasaḥ saparyan | nadayor vivratayoḥ śūra indraḥ ||

English translation:

Indra, the friend of man, for his exhilaration, comes mounted in his chariot, granting him favour, thehero Indra, (the driver) of the two neighing and prancing (steeds).”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kautsaḥ sumitro durmitro vā [kautsa sumitra durmitra vā];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛduṣṇik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सचा॑ । आ॒योः । इन्द्रः॑ । चर्कृ॑षे । आ । उ॒पा॒न॒सः । स॒प॒र्यन् । न॒दयोः॑ । विऽव्र॑तयोः । शूरः॑ । इन्द्रः॑ ॥
सचा । आयोः । इन्द्रः । चर्कृषे । आ । उपानसः । सपर्यन् । नदयोः । विव्रतयोः । शूरः । इन्द्रः ॥
sacā | āyoḥ | indraḥ | carkṛṣe | ā | upānasaḥ | saparyan | nadayoḥ | vi-vratayoḥ | śūraḥ | indraḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.105.4 English analysis of grammar]

sacāyor < sacā

[adverb]

“jointly.”

sacāyor < ayoḥ < idam

[noun], genitive, dual, masculine

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

indraś < indraḥ < indra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

carkṛṣa < carkṛṣe < carkar < √kṛ

[verb], singular, Athematic s aor. (Ind.)

“praise; commemorate.”

āṃ < ām < āṃ

[adverb]

upānasaḥ < upānasa

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

saparyan < sapary

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“worship.”

nadayor < nadayoḥ < nada

[noun], genitive, dual, masculine

“river; nad; roarer; stallion.”

vivratayoḥ < vivrata

[noun], genitive, dual, masculine

“refractory; loath.”

śūra < śūraḥ < śūra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“hero; cock; śūra; Śūra; Vatica robusta; Plumbago zeylanica; warrior; hero; attacker; lentil; wild boar; lion; dog.”

indraḥ < indra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

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