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 10.105.7

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

वज्रं॒ यश्च॒क्रे सु॒हना॑य॒ दस्य॑वे हिरीम॒शो हिरी॑मान् । अरु॑तहनु॒रद्भु॑तं॒ न रज॑: ॥
वज्रं यश्चक्रे सुहनाय दस्यवे हिरीमशो हिरीमान् । अरुतहनुरद्भुतं न रजः ॥
vajraṃ yaś cakre suhanāya dasyave hirīmaśo hirīmān | arutahanur adbhutaṃ na rajaḥ ||

English translation:

“The golden-bearded (Indra), lord of bay horses, who made the thunderbolt for the easy destruction ofthe Dasyu, who has irresistible jaws like the vast firmament.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

वज्र॑म् । यः । च॒क्रे । सु॒ऽहना॑य । दस्य॑वे । हि॒री॒म॒शः । हरी॑मान् । अरु॑तऽहनुः । अद्भु॑तम् । न । रजः॑ ॥
वज्रम् । यः । चक्रे । सुहनाय । दस्यवे । हिरीमशः । हरीमान् । अरुतहनुः । अद्भुतम् । न । रजः ॥
vajram | yaḥ | cakre | su-hanāya | dasyave | hirīmaśaḥ | harīmān | aruta-hanuḥ | adbhutam | na | rajaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.105.7 English analysis of grammar]

vajraṃ < vajram < vajra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“vajra; Vajra; vajra; vajra; lightning; abhra; vajramūṣā; diamond; vajra [word]; vajrakapāṭa; vajra; vaikrānta.”

yaś < yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

cakre < kṛ

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”

suhanāya < su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

suhanāya < hanāya < hana

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“han.”

dasyave < dasyu

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“savage; outcast; mugger.”

hirīmaśo < hirīmaśaḥ < hirīmaśa

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

hirīmān < hirīmat

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

arutahanur < a

[adverb]

“not; akāra; a [taddhita]; a [word]; a; a.”

arutahanur < ruta < ru

[verb noun]

“break; hurt.”

arutahanur < hanuḥ < hanu

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“jaw.”

adbhutaṃ < adbhutam < adbhuta

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“extraordinary; amazing; supernatural.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

rajaḥ < rajas

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“powder; menorrhea; dust; Rajas; atmosphere; rajas; pollen; passion; rajas [word]; sindūra; rust; tin; impurity; dark; sky.”

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