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 10.113.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तम॑स्य॒ विष्णु॑र्महि॒मान॒मोज॑सां॒शुं द॑ध॒न्वान्मधु॑नो॒ वि र॑प्शते । दे॒वेभि॒रिन्द्रो॑ म॒घवा॑ स॒याव॑भिर्वृ॒त्रं ज॑घ॒न्वाँ अ॑भव॒द्वरे॑ण्यः ॥
तमस्य विष्णुर्महिमानमोजसांशुं दधन्वान्मधुनो वि रप्शते । देवेभिरिन्द्रो मघवा सयावभिर्वृत्रं जघन्वाँ अभवद्वरेण्यः ॥
tam asya viṣṇur mahimānam ojasāṃśuṃ dadhanvān madhuno vi rapśate | devebhir indro maghavā sayāvabhir vṛtraṃ jaghanvām̐ abhavad vareṇyaḥ ||

English translation:

Viṣṇu offering the portion of the Soma, glorified by his own vigour that greatness of his. Indra, thelord of wealth, with the associated gods having slain Vṛtra, became deserving of honour.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śataprabhedano vairūpaḥ [śataprabhedana vairūpa];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): virāḍjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तम् । अ॒स्य॒ । विष्णुः॑ । म॒हि॒मान॑म् । ओज॑सा । अं॒शुम् । द॒ध॒न्वान् । मधु॑नः । वि । र॒प्श॒ते॒ । दे॒वेभिः॑ । इन्द्रः॑ । म॒घऽवा॑ । स॒याव॑ऽभिः । वृ॒त्रम् । ज॒घ॒न्वान् । अ॒भ॒व॒त् । वरे॑ण्यः ॥
तम् । अस्य । विष्णुः । महिमानम् । ओजसा । अंशुम् । दधन्वान् । मधुनः । वि । रप्शते । देवेभिः । इन्द्रः । मघवा । सयावभिः । वृत्रम् । जघन्वान् । अभवत् । वरेण्यः ॥
tam | asya | viṣṇuḥ | mahimānam | ojasā | aṃśum | dadhanvān | madhunaḥ | vi | rapśate | devebhiḥ | indraḥ | magha-vā | sayāva-bhiḥ | vṛtram | jaghanvān | abhavat | vareṇyaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.113.2 English analysis of grammar]

tam < tad

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

asya < idam

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

viṣṇur < viṣṇuḥ < viṣṇu

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Vishnu; Krishna; Viṣṇu; Om; Shiva.”

mahimānam < mahiman

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“greatness; power; mahiman.”

ojasāṃśuṃ < ojasā < ojas

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“strength; power; ojas; ojas [word]; potency; might.”

ojasāṃśuṃ < aṃśum < aṃśu

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“sunbeam; beam; aṃśu [word]; thread.”

dadhanvān < dhanv

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“run.”

madhuno < madhunaḥ < madhu

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“honey; alcohol; sweet; nectar; madhu [word].”

vi

[adverb]

“apart; away; away.”

rapśate < rapś

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“abound in.”

devebhir < devebhiḥ < deva

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

indro < indraḥ < indra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”

maghavā < maghavan

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Indra; maghavan [word].”

sayāvabhir < sa

[adverb]

“with; little; together.”

sayāvabhir < yāvabhiḥ < yāvan

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“traveler.”

vṛtraṃ < vṛtram < vṛtra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Vṛtra; vṛtra [word].”

jaghanvāṃ < han

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“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.”

abhavad < abhavat < bhū

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”

vareṇyaḥ < vareṇya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“excellent; desirable.”

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