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 10.105.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

प्रास्तौ॑दृ॒ष्वौजा॑ ऋ॒ष्वेभि॑स्त॒तक्ष॒ शूर॒: शव॑सा । ऋ॒भुर्न क्रतु॑भिर्मात॒रिश्वा॑ ॥
प्रास्तौदृष्वौजा ऋष्वेभिस्ततक्ष शूरः शवसा । ऋभुर्न क्रतुभिर्मातरिश्वा ॥
prāstaud ṛṣvaujā ṛṣvebhis tatakṣa śūraḥ śavasā | ṛbhur na kratubhir mātariśvā ||

English translation:

“Of glorious strength (associated) with the glorious (maruts) he was renowned; the hero abiding in thefirmament wrought with his strength as the Ṛbhus with their wonderful works.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

प्र । अ॒स्तौ॒त् । ऋ॒ष्वऽओ॑जाः॒ । ऋ॒ष्वेभिः॑ । त॒तक्ष॑ । शूरः॑ । शव॑सा । ऋ॒भुः । न । क्रतु॑ऽभिः । मा॒त॒रिश्वा॑ ॥
प्र । अस्तौत् । ऋष्वओजाः । ऋष्वेभिः । ततक्ष । शूरः । शवसा । ऋभुः । न । क्रतुभिः । मातरिश्वा ॥
pra | astaut | ṛṣva-ojāḥ | ṛṣvebhiḥ | tatakṣa | śūraḥ | śavasā | ṛbhuḥ | na | kratu-bhiḥ | mātariśvā

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.105.6 English analysis of grammar]

prāstaud < prāstaut < prastu < √stu

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“chant; praise; recommend.”

ṛṣvaujā < ṛṣva

[noun]

“distinguished; high; noble; enormous.”

ṛṣvaujā < ojāḥ < ojas

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“strength; power; ojas; ojas [word]; potency; might.”

ṛṣvebhis < ṛṣvebhiḥ < ṛṣva

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“distinguished; high; noble; enormous.”

tatakṣa < takṣ

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“produce; shape; fashion; chisel; invent.”

śūraḥ < śūra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

śavasā < śavas

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“strength; power; superiority.”

ṛbhur < ṛbhuḥ < ṛbhu

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Ribhus.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

kratubhir < kratubhiḥ < kratu

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“yajña; decision; plan; deliberation; intelligence; Kratu; will; kratu [word]; desire; resoluteness; ritual.”

mātariśvā < mātariśvan

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“wind; Mātariśvan; Vayu; vāta.”

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