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 10.131.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यु॒वं सु॒राम॑मश्विना॒ नमु॑चावासु॒रे सचा॑ । वि॒पि॒पा॒ना शु॑भस्पती॒ इन्द्रं॒ कर्म॑स्वावतम् ॥
युवं सुराममश्विना नमुचावासुरे सचा । विपिपाना शुभस्पती इन्द्रं कर्मस्वावतम् ॥
yuvaṃ surāmam aśvinā namucāv āsure sacā | vipipānā śubhas patī indraṃ karmasv āvatam ||
English translation:
“You, O Aśvins, lords of light, having drunk the grateful (libation), jointly preserved Indra in battleagainst the Asura Namuci.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Yajus. 10.33
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): sukīrtiḥ kākṣīvataḥ [sukīrti kākṣīvata];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): aśvinau ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdanuṣṭup;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यु॒वम् । सु॒राम॑म् । अ॒श्वि॒ना॒ । नमु॑चौ । आ॒सु॒रे । सचा॑ । वि॒ऽपि॒पा॒ना । शु॒भः॒ । प॒ती॒ इति॑ । इन्द्र॑म् । कर्म॑ऽसु । आ॒व॒त॒म् ॥
युवम् । सुरामम् । अश्विना । नमुचौ । आसुरे । सचा । विपिपाना । शुभः । पती इति । इन्द्रम् । कर्मसु । आवतम् ॥
yuvam | surāmam | aśvinā | namucau | āsure | sacā | vi-pipānā | śubhaḥ | patī iti | indram | karma-su | āvatam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.131.4 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, dual
“you.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“Asvins; two.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“Namuci; namuci [word].”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“āsura; demoniac.”
[adverb]
“jointly.”
[verb noun], nominative, dual
“drink; drink.”
[noun], genitive, singular, feminine
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“husband; overlord; king; deity; īśvara; ruler; pati [word]; commanding officer; leader; owner; mayor; lord.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], locative, plural, neuter
“action; saṃskāra; ritual; procedure; karman; treatment; object; function; production; job; operation; karman [word]; act; job; passive voice; activity; consequence; function; yajña; pañcakarman; cooking; occupation; profession; construction; duty; method; natural process; duty; therapy.”
[verb], dual, Imperfect
“support; help; prefer; prefer; like.”