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 10.111.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इन्द्रो॑ म॒ह्ना म॑ह॒तो अ॑र्ण॒वस्य॑ व्र॒तामि॑ना॒दङ्गि॑रोभिर्गृणा॒नः । पु॒रूणि॑ चि॒न्नि त॑ताना॒ रजां॑सि दा॒धार॒ यो ध॒रुणं॑ स॒त्यता॑ता ॥
इन्द्रो मह्ना महतो अर्णवस्य व्रतामिनादङ्गिरोभिर्गृणानः । पुरूणि चिन्नि तताना रजांसि दाधार यो धरुणं सत्यताता ॥
indro mahnā mahato arṇavasya vratāminād aṅgirobhir gṛṇānaḥ | purūṇi cin ni tatānā rajāṃsi dādhāra yo dharuṇaṃ satyatātā ||
English translation:
“Praised by the Aṅgirasas, Indra has by his might injured the functions of the mighty cloud; he has sentdown abundant rains, he who (at other times) has supported the supporting (cloud) in heaven.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): aṣṭrādaṃṣṭro vairūpaḥ [aṣṭrādaṃṣṭra vairūpa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इन्द्रः॑ । म॒ह्ना । म॒ह॒तः । अ॒र्ण॒वस्य॑ । व्र॒ता । अ॒मि॒ना॒त् । अङ्गि॑रःऽभिः । गृ॒णा॒नः । पु॒रूणि॑ । चि॒त् । नि । त॒ता॒न॒ । रजां॑सि । दा॒धार॑ । यः । ध॒रुण॑म् । स॒त्यऽता॑ता ॥
इन्द्रः । मह्ना । महतः । अर्णवस्य । व्रता । अमिनात् । अङ्गिरःभिः । गृणानः । पुरूणि । चित् । नि । ततान । रजांसि । दाधार । यः । धरुणम् । सत्यताता ॥
indraḥ | mahnā | mahataḥ | arṇavasya | vratā | amināt | aṅgiraḥ-bhiḥ | gṛṇānaḥ | purūṇi | cit | ni | tatāna | rajāṃsi | dādhāra | yaḥ | dharuṇam | satya-tātā
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.111.4 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“greatness.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“large; eminent; great; loud; dangerous; strong; long; high; much(a); mahant [word]; ample; very; great; adult; important; dark; high; abundant; violent; remarkable; mighty; big; long.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“ocean; sea; four.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“vrata (vote); commandment; law; oath; command; rule; custom; vrata [word]; rule; behavior.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“transgress; damage.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“Aṅgiras; Aṅgiras; Brahman; Atharva-Veda; aṅgiras [word]; Aṅgiras.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“praise.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“many; much(a); very.”
[adverb]
“even; indeed.”
[adverb]
“back; down.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“expand; perform; cause; increase; write; spread; produce; spread; speak; propagate.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“powder; menorrhea; dust; Rajas; atmosphere; rajas; pollen; passion; rajas [word]; sindūra; rust; tin; impurity; dark; sky.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“keep; put; hold; assume; wear; take; promise; stay; exist; hold; begin; dip.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“prop; foundation.”
[noun], locative, singular, feminine