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 10.133.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्वं सिन्धूँ॒रवा॑सृजोऽध॒राचो॒ अह॒न्नहि॑म् । अ॒श॒त्रुरि॑न्द्र जज्ञिषे॒ विश्वं॑ पुष्यसि॒ वार्यं॒ तं त्वा॒ परि॑ ष्वजामहे॒ नभ॑न्तामन्य॒केषां॑ ज्या॒का अधि॒ धन्व॑सु ॥
त्वं सिन्धूँरवासृजोऽधराचो अहन्नहिम् । अशत्रुरिन्द्र जज्ञिषे विश्वं पुष्यसि वार्यं तं त्वा परि ष्वजामहे नभन्तामन्यकेषां ज्याका अधि धन्वसु ॥
tvaṃ sindhūm̐r avāsṛjo 'dharāco ahann ahim | aśatrur indra jajñiṣe viśvam puṣyasi vāryaṃ taṃ tvā pari ṣvajāmahe nabhantām anyakeṣāṃ jyākā adhi dhanvasu ||

English translation:

“You have sent the rivers away downwards, you have slain Ahi; you are born, Indra, without an enemy,you grant all that is desirable, as such we embrace you; may the bowstrings on the bows of our enemies bedestroyed.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): sudāḥ paijavanaḥ [sudas paijavana];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): śakvarī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्वम् । सिन्धू॑न् । अव॑ । अ॒सृ॒जः॒ । अ॒ध॒राचः॑ । अह॑न् । अहि॑म् । अ॒श॒त्रुः । इ॒न्द्र॒ । ज॒ज्ञि॒षे॒ । विश्व॑म् । पु॒ष्य॒सि॒ । वार्य॑म् । तम् । त्वा॒ । परि॑ । स्व॒जा॒म॒हे॒ । नभ॑न्ताम् । अ॒न्य॒केषा॑म् । ज्या॒काः । अधि॑ । धन्व॑ऽसु ॥
त्वम् । सिन्धून् । अव । असृजः । अधराचः । अहन् । अहिम् । अशत्रुः । इन्द्र । जज्ञिषे । विश्वम् । पुष्यसि । वार्यम् । तम् । त्वा । परि । स्वजामहे । नभन्ताम् । अन्यकेषाम् । ज्याकाः । अधि । धन्वसु ॥
tvam | sindhūn | ava | asṛjaḥ | adharācaḥ | ahan | ahim | aśatruḥ | indra | jajñiṣe | viśvam | puṣyasi | vāryam | tam | tvā | pari | svajāmahe | nabhantām | anyakeṣām | jyākāḥ | adhi | dhanva-su

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.133.2 English analysis of grammar]

tvaṃ < tvam < tvad

[noun], nominative, singular

“you.”

sindhūṃ < sindhu

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“river; Indus; sindhu [word].”

avāsṛjo < avāsṛjaḥ < avasṛj < √sṛj

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“free; shoot; ejaculate.”

'dharāco < adharācaḥ < adharāñc

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“downward(ip); south.”

ahann < ahan < han

[verb], singular, Root aorist (Ind.)

“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.”

ahim < ahi

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“snake; lead; nāga; Nāga; ahi [word]; Vṛtra.”

aśatrur < aśatruḥ < aśatru

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“unopposed.”

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

jajñiṣe < jan

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”

viśvam < viśva

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

puṣyasi < puṣ

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“boom; grow; promote; foster.”

vāryaṃ < vāryam < vārya

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“precious; valuable.”

taṃ < 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.”

tvā < tvad

[noun], accusative, singular

“you.”

pari

[adverb]

“from; about; around.”

ṣvajāmahe < svajāmahe < svaj

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“embrace.”

nabhantām < nabh

[verb], plural, Present imperative

“burst.”

anyakeṣāṃ < anyakeṣām < anyaka

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“other; another(a).”

jyākā < jyākāḥ < jyākā

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“bowstring.”

adhi

[adverb]

“on; from; accordingly.”

dhanvasu < dhanvan

[noun], locative, plural, neuter

“bow; desert; steppe; barren.”

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