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 10.134.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अव॒ त्या बृ॑ह॒तीरिषो॑ वि॒श्वश्च॑न्द्रा अमित्रहन् । शची॑भिः शक्र धूनु॒हीन्द्र॒ विश्वा॑भिरू॒तिभि॑र्दे॒वी जनि॑त्र्यजीजनद्भ॒द्रा जनि॑त्र्यजीजनत् ॥
अव त्या बृहतीरिषो विश्वश्चन्द्रा अमित्रहन् । शचीभिः शक्र धूनुहीन्द्र विश्वाभिरूतिभिर्देवी जनित्र्यजीजनद्भद्रा जनित्र्यजीजनत् ॥
ava tyā bṛhatīr iṣo viśvaścandrā amitrahan | śacībhiḥ śakra dhūnuhīndra viśvābhir ūtibhir devī janitry ajījanad bhadrā janitry ajījanat ||

English translation:

“Destroyer of enemies, Indra, Śakra, shake down upon us by your exploits those abundant, all-shiningviands, (accompanied) with all your protections; the divine progenitress has given you birth, the auspiciousprogrenitress has given you birth.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): māndhātā yauvanāśvaḥ [māndhātā yauvanāśva];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): mahāpaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अव॑ । त्याः । बृ॒ह॒तीः । इषः॑ । वि॒श्वऽच॑न्द्राः । अ॒मि॒त्र॒ऽह॒न् । शची॑भिः । श॒क्र॒ । धू॒नु॒हि॒ । इन्द्र॑ । विश्वा॑भिः । ऊ॒तिऽभिः॑ । दे॒वी । जनि॑त्री । अ॒जी॒ज॒न॒त् । भ॒द्रा । जनि॑त्री । अ॒जी॒ज॒न॒त् ॥
अव । त्याः । बृहतीः । इषः । विश्वचन्द्राः । अमित्रहन् । शचीभिः । शक्र । धूनुहि । इन्द्र । विश्वाभिः । ऊतिभिः । देवी । जनित्री । अजीजनत् । भद्रा । जनित्री । अजीजनत् ॥
ava | tyāḥ | bṛhatīḥ | iṣaḥ | viśva-candrāḥ | amitra-han | śacībhiḥ | śakra | dhūnuhi | indra | viśvābhiḥ | ūti-bhiḥ | devī | janitrī | ajījanat | bhadrā | janitrī | ajījanat

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.134.3 English analysis of grammar]

ava

[adverb]

“down.”

tyā < tyāḥ < tya

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“that.”

bṛhatīr < bṛhatīḥ < bṛhat

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“large; great; loud; high; much(a); exalted; abundant; intensive; strong; huge.”

iṣo < iṣaḥ < iṣ

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“refreshment; enjoyment; stores.”

viśvaścandrā < viśvaścandrāḥ < viśvaścandra

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

amitrahan < amitra

[noun], masculine

“enemy; foe.”

amitrahan < han

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“killing; curative; destroying; removing; māraka; stabbing.”

śacībhiḥ < śacī

[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine

“Śacī; power; dexterity; ability; aid.”

śakra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Indra; Terminalia arjuna (Roxb.) Wight et Arn.; ivory tree.”

dhūnuhīndra < dhūnuhi < dhū

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“shake; remove; chase away.”

dhūnuhīndra < indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

viśvābhir < viśvābhiḥ < viśva

[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine

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

ūtibhir < ūtibhiḥ < ūti

[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine

“aid; favor; ūti [word].”

devī

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“Parvati; queen; goddess; Devi.”

janitry < janitrī

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“mother.”

ajījanad < ajījanat < jan

[verb], singular, Redupl. Aorist (Ind.)

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

bhadrā < bhadra

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“auspicious; lovely; good; happy; bhadra [word]; lucky; fine-looking; beautiful.”

janitry < janitrī

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“mother.”

ajījanat < jan

[verb], singular, Redupl. Aorist (Ind.)

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

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