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 10.112.8
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्र त॑ इन्द्र पू॒र्व्याणि॒ प्र नू॒नं वी॒र्या॑ वोचं प्रथ॒मा कृ॒तानि॑ । स॒ती॒नम॑न्युरश्रथायो॒ अद्रिं॑ सुवेद॒नाम॑कृणो॒र्ब्रह्म॑णे॒ गाम् ॥
प्र त इन्द्र पूर्व्याणि प्र नूनं वीर्या वोचं प्रथमा कृतानि । सतीनमन्युरश्रथायो अद्रिं सुवेदनामकृणोर्ब्रह्मणे गाम् ॥
pra ta indra pūrvyāṇi pra nūnaṃ vīryā vocam prathamā kṛtāni | satīnamanyur aśrathāyo adriṃ suvedanām akṛṇor brahmaṇe gām ||
English translation:
“I will proclaim now, Indra, your ancient first-achieved exploits; resolved to sent rain, you did cleave thecloud, you made the cow easily discoverable for the Brāhmaṇa”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
I.e., for Bṛhaspati
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): nabhaḥprabhedano vairūpaḥ [nabhaprabhedana vairūpa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): virāṭtrisṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्र । ते॒ । इ॒न्द्र॒ । पू॒र्व्याणि॑ । प्र । नू॒नम् । वी॒र्या॑ । वो॒च॒म् । प्र॒थ॒मा । कृ॒तानि॑ । स॒ती॒नऽम॑न्युः । अ॒श्र॒थ॒यः॒ । अद्रि॑म् । सु॒ऽवे॒द॒नाम् । अ॒कृ॒णोः॒ । ब्रह्म॑णे । गाम् ॥
प्र । ते । इन्द्र । पूर्व्याणि । प्र । नूनम् । वीर्या । वोचम् । प्रथमा । कृतानि । सतीनमन्युः । अश्रथयः । अद्रिम् । सुवेदनाम् । अकृणोः । ब्रह्मणे । गाम् ॥
pra | te | indra | pūrvyāṇi | pra | nūnam | vīryā | vocam | prathamā | kṛtāni | satīna-manyuḥ | aśrathayaḥ | adrim | su-vedanām | akṛṇoḥ | brahmaṇe | gām
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.112.8 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“first; precedent; age-old; excellent; former(a).”
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[adverb]
“now; surely; immediately; just.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“potency; vīrya; heroism; potency; strength; semen; power; deed; active agent; efficacy; vīryapāramitā; gold; vigor; vīrya [word]; virility; manfulness; jewel; force.”
[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“say; describe; name; tell; address; enumerate; call; state; teach; explain; say; declare; speak; define; declare; order; address; recommend; answer; deem; recite; approve; proclaim; indicate; determine; mention; designate.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“first; prathama [word]; third; young; chief(a); best; antecedent.”
[verb noun], accusative, 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]
“real.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“anger; fury; rage; wrath.”
[?]
“_”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“mountain; rock; seven; stone; adri; grindstone; adri; rock.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“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], dative, singular, neuter
“brahman; mantra; prayer; spell; Veda; Brahmin; sacred text; final emancipation; hymn; brahman [word]; Brāhmaṇa; study.”
[noun], accusative, singular
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”