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 10.111.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इन्द्रो॑ दि॒वः प्र॑ति॒मानं॑ पृथि॒व्या विश्वा॑ वेद॒ सव॑ना॒ हन्ति॒ शुष्ण॑म् । म॒हीं चि॒द्द्यामात॑नो॒त्सूर्ये॑ण चा॒स्कम्भ॑ चि॒त्कम्भ॑नेन॒ स्कभी॑यान् ॥
इन्द्रो दिवः प्रतिमानं पृथिव्या विश्वा वेद सवना हन्ति शुष्णम् । महीं चिद्द्यामातनोत्सूर्येण चास्कम्भ चित्कम्भनेन स्कभीयान् ॥
indro divaḥ pratimānam pṛthivyā viśvā veda savanā hanti śuṣṇam | mahīṃ cid dyām ātanot sūryeṇa cāskambha cit kambhanena skabhīyān ||
English translation:
“Indra, the counterpart of heaven and earth, is cognizant of all sacrifices, he is the slayer of Śuṣṇa; hespread out the spacious heaven with the sun (to light it up); best of proppers, he propped up (the heaven) with aprop.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Propped up the heaven with a prop: Satyatātā = that which is stretched out by the true ones, the gods;or, tāti as a suffix, that which is true, i.e., heaven
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): aṣṭrādaṃṣṭro vairūpaḥ [aṣṭrādaṃṣṭra vairūpa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इन्द्रः॑ । दि॒वः । प्र॒ति॒ऽमान॑म् । पृ॒थि॒व्याः । विश्वा॑ । वे॒द॒ । सव॑ना । हन्ति॑ । शुष्ण॑म् । म॒हीम् । चि॒त् । द्याम् । आ । अ॒त॒नो॒त् । सूर्ये॑ण । चा॒स्कम्भ॑ । चि॒त् । कम्भ॑नेन । स्कभी॑यान् ॥
इन्द्रः । दिवः । प्रतिमानम् । पृथिव्याः । विश्वा । वेद । सवना । हन्ति । शुष्णम् । महीम् । चित् । द्याम् । आ । अतनोत् । सूर्येण । चास्कम्भ । चित् । कम्भनेन । स्कभीयान् ॥
indraḥ | divaḥ | prati-mānam | pṛthivyāḥ | viśvā | veda | savanā | hanti | śuṣṇam | mahīm | cit | dyām | ā | atanot | sūryeṇa | cāskambha | cit | kambhanena | skabhīyān
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.111.5 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“weight.”
[noun], genitive, singular, feminine
“Earth; pṛthivī; floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī [word]; land.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“know; diagnose; perceive; know; accord; notice; deem; mind; learn; specify; watch; recognize; detect; call.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“yajña; savana [word]; Snāna; Soma sacrifice; press.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“kill; cure; māray; remove; destroy; hit; injure; damage; destroy; paralyze; hurt; forge; beat; cut off; stop; overwhelm; kick; hunt; affect; strike; hammer; love; obstruct; shoot.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Śuṣṇa.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“great; great; distinguished; much(a); adult; long; high.”
[adverb]
“even; indeed.”
[noun], accusative, singular
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“expand; prolong; chant; inflate.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“fixate; establish.”
[adverb]
“even; indeed.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine