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 10.113.7

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

या वी॒र्या॑णि प्रथ॒मानि॒ कर्त्वा॑ महि॒त्वेभि॒र्यत॑मानौ समी॒यतु॑: । ध्वा॒न्तं तमोऽव॑ दध्वसे ह॒त इन्द्रो॑ म॒ह्ना पू॒र्वहू॑तावपत्यत ॥
या वीर्याणि प्रथमानि कर्त्वा महित्वेभिर्यतमानौ समीयतुः । ध्वान्तं तमोऽव दध्वसे हत इन्द्रो मह्ना पूर्वहूतावपत्यत ॥
yā vīryāṇi prathamāni kartvā mahitvebhir yatamānau samīyatuḥ | dhvāntaṃ tamo 'va dadhvase hata indro mahnā pūrvahūtāv apatyata ||

English translation:

“(In the midst of) the first exploits to be performed by them which (Indra and Vṛtra) achieved strivingwith their utmost might, Vṛtra being slain, the thick darkness was destroyed, and Indra in his might came at thefirst challenge.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

या । वी॒र्या॑णि । प्र॒थ॒मानि॑ । कर्त्वा॑ । म॒हि॒ऽत्वेभिः॑ । यत॑मानौ । स॒म्ऽई॒यतुः॑ । ध्वा॒न्तम् । तमः॑ । अव॑ । द॒ध्व॒से॒ । ह॒तः । इन्द्रः॑ । म॒ह्ना । पू॒र्वऽहू॑तौ । अ॒प॒त्य॒त॒ ॥
या । वीर्याणि । प्रथमानि । कर्त्वा । महित्वेभिः । यतमानौ । सम्ईयतुः । ध्वान्तम् । तमः । अव । दध्वसे । हतः । इन्द्रः । मह्ना । पूर्वहूतौ । अपत्यत ॥
yā | vīryāṇi | prathamāni | kartvā | mahi-tvebhiḥ | yatamānau | sam-īyatuḥ | dhvāntam | tamaḥ | ava | dadhvase | hataḥ | indraḥ | mahnā | pūrva-hūtau | apatyata

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.113.7 English analysis of grammar]

< yad

[noun], nominative, plural, neuter

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

vīryāṇi < vīrya

[noun], nominative, plural, neuter

“potency; vīrya; heroism; potency; strength; semen; power; deed; active agent; efficacy; vīryapāramitā; gold; vigor; vīrya [word]; virility; manfulness; jewel; force.”

prathamāni < prathama

[noun], nominative, plural, neuter

“first; prathama [word]; third; young; chief(a); best; antecedent.”

kartvā < kṛ

[verb noun], nominative, 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.”

mahitvebhir < mahi

[noun]

“great; firm.”

mahitvebhir < tvebhiḥ < tva

[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter

“state; quality; cause; reason.”

yatamānau < yat

[verb noun], nominative, dual

“strive; endeavor; join; equal; rival.”

samīyatuḥ < sami < √i

[verb], dual, Perfect indicative

“meet.”

dhvāntaṃ < dhvāntam < dhvānta

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“dark.”

tamo < tamaḥ < tamas

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“dark; darkness; Tamas; tamas [word]; faint; tamas; gloom; ignorance.”

'va < ava

[adverb]

“down.”

dadhvase < dhvaṃs

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“cover; crumble; disappear.”

hata < hate < han

[verb noun], locative, 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.”

indro < indraḥ < indra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

mahnā < mahan

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“greatness.”

pūrvahūtāv < pūrva

[noun]

“aforesaid(a); antecedent; previous(a); first; eastern; former(a); pūrva [word]; age-old; anterior; bygone; fore(a); predictive; firstborn; easterly; instrumental.”

pūrvahūtāv < hūtau < hūti

[noun], locative, singular, feminine

“invocation.”

apatyata < paty

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“own; have; master.”

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