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 10.111.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
मनी॑षिण॒: प्र भ॑रध्वं मनी॒षां यथा॑यथा म॒तय॒: सन्ति॑ नृ॒णाम् । इन्द्रं॑ स॒त्यैरेर॑यामा कृ॒तेभि॒: स हि वी॒रो गि॑र्वण॒स्युर्विदा॑नः ॥
मनीषिणः प्र भरध्वं मनीषां यथायथा मतयः सन्ति नृणाम् । इन्द्रं सत्यैरेरयामा कृतेभिः स हि वीरो गिर्वणस्युर्विदानः ॥
manīṣiṇaḥ pra bharadhvam manīṣāṃ yathā-yathā matayaḥ santi nṛṇām | indraṃ satyair erayāmā kṛtebhiḥ sa hi vīro girvaṇasyur vidānaḥ ||
English translation:
“Offer, worshippers, to Indra praise agreeable to the thoughts of men; let us incite Indra hither withsincere adoration, for he, the hero, capable (of granting our wishes, is desirous of laudation.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Capable of grantingour wishes: vidānaḥ = jānānaḥ samarthaḥ
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): aṣṭrādaṃṣṭro vairūpaḥ [aṣṭrādaṃṣṭra vairūpa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
मनी॑षिणः । प्र । भ॒र॒ध्व॒म् । म॒नी॒षाम् । यथा॑ऽयथा । म॒तयः॑ । सन्ति॑ । नृ॒णाम् । इन्द्र॑म् । स॒त्यैः । आ । ई॒र॒या॒म॒ । कृ॒तेभिः॑ । सः । हि । वी॒रः । गि॒र्व॒ण॒स्युः । विदा॑नः ॥
मनीषिणः । प्र । भरध्वम् । मनीषाम् । यथायथा । मतयः । सन्ति । नृणाम् । इन्द्रम् । सत्यैः । आ । ईरयाम । कृतेभिः । सः । हि । वीरः । गिर्वणस्युः । विदानः ॥
manīṣiṇaḥ | pra | bharadhvam | manīṣām | yathāyathā | matayaḥ | santi | nṛṇām | indram | satyaiḥ | ā | īrayāma | kṛtebhiḥ | saḥ | hi | vīraḥ | girvaṇasyuḥ | vidānaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.111.1 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“sage; expert; devout.”
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“bring; hold; fill; support; wear; possess; carry; nourish; keep; hire; have; satiate; follow; bear.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“hymn; inspiration; idea; thinking; wish; consideration; intelligence.”
[adverb]
“equally; as; so that; like; how; yathā [word]; that; wherein.”
[adverb]
“equally; as; so that; like; how; yathā [word]; that; wherein.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“intelligence; decision; mind; hymn; purpose; idea; opinion; belief; desire; wish; conviction; plan; devotion.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter
“true; real; real; faithful; good.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“name; describe; propel; shoot; state; call; raise; expel; tell; enumerate.”
[verb noun], instrumental, plural
“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.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[adverb]
“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“hero; man; Vīra; vīra; vīra [word]; Vīra.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“know; diagnose; perceive; know; accord; notice; deem; mind; learn; specify; watch; recognize; detect; call.”