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 10.134.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
दी॒र्घं ह्य॑ङ्कु॒शं य॑था॒ शक्तिं॒ बिभ॑र्षि मन्तुमः । पूर्वे॑ण मघवन्प॒दाजो व॒यां यथा॑ यमो दे॒वी जनि॑त्र्यजीजनद्भ॒द्रा जनि॑त्र्यजीजनत् ॥
दीर्घं ह्यङ्कुशं यथा शक्तिं बिभर्षि मन्तुमः । पूर्वेण मघवन्पदाजो वयां यथा यमो देवी जनित्र्यजीजनद्भद्रा जनित्र्यजीजनत् ॥
dīrghaṃ hy aṅkuśaṃ yathā śaktim bibharṣi mantumaḥ | pūrveṇa maghavan padājo vayāṃ yathā yamo devī janitry ajījanad bhadrā janitry ajījanat ||
English translation:
“For you, sapient (Indra), wield your might like a long hook; you drag (your foes), Maghavan, as a goatwith its fore-foot (drags) a branch; the divine progenitress has given you birth, the auspicious progrenitress hasgiven 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]:
दी॒र्घम् । हि । अ॒ङ्कु॒शम् । य॒था॒ । शक्ति॑म् । बिभ॑र्षि । म॒न्तु॒ऽमः॒ । पूर्वे॑ण । म॒घ॒ऽव॒न् । प॒दा । अ॒जः । व॒याम् । यथा॑ । य॒मः॒ । दे॒वी । जनि॑त्री । अ॒जी॒ज॒न॒त् । भ॒द्रा । जनि॑त्री । अ॒जी॒ज॒न॒त् ॥
दीर्घम् । हि । अङ्कुशम् । यथा । शक्तिम् । बिभर्षि । मन्तुमः । पूर्वेण । मघवन् । पदा । अजः । वयाम् । यथा । यमः । देवी । जनित्री । अजीजनत् । भद्रा । जनित्री । अजीजनत् ॥
dīrgham | hi | aṅkuśam | yathā | śaktim | bibharṣi | mantu-maḥ | pūrveṇa | magha-van | padā | ajaḥ | vayām | yathā | yamaḥ | devī | janitrī | ajījanat | bhadrā | janitrī | ajījanat
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.134.6 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“long; long; long; large; far; deep; dīrgha [word].”
[adverb]
“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“elephant-drivers hook; hook.”
[adverb]
“equally; as; so that; like; how; yathā [word]; that; wherein.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“spear; ability; Shakti; potency; power; capacity; śakti [word]; potency; capability; reproduction.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“bring; hold; fill; support; wear; possess; carry; nourish; keep; hire; have; satiate; follow; bear.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“wise.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“aforesaid(a); antecedent; previous(a); first; eastern; former(a); pūrva [word]; age-old; anterior; bygone; fore(a); predictive; firstborn; easterly; instrumental.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; maghavan [word].”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“foot; pad [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“goat; Vishnu; Brahma; Shiva; Aja; aja [word]; Aja; aj; Ocimum gratissimum; Puruṣa.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“branch; branchlet.”
[adverb]
“equally; as; so that; like; how; yathā [word]; that; wherein.”
[verb], singular, Aorist conj./subj.
“concentrate; grant; restrain; cause; control; offer; cover; raise.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“Parvati; queen; goddess; Devi.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“mother.”
[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.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“auspicious; lovely; good; happy; bhadra [word]; lucky; fine-looking; beautiful.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“mother.”
[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.”