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 10.138.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वि सूर्यो॒ मध्ये॑ अमुच॒द्रथं॑ दि॒वो वि॒दद्दा॒साय॑ प्रति॒मान॒मार्य॑: । दृ॒ळ्हानि॒ पिप्रो॒रसु॑रस्य मा॒यिन॒ इन्द्रो॒ व्या॑स्यच्चकृ॒वाँ ऋ॒जिश्व॑ना ॥
वि सूर्यो मध्ये अमुचद्रथं दिवो विदद्दासाय प्रतिमानमार्यः । दृळ्हानि पिप्रोरसुरस्य मायिन इन्द्रो व्यास्यच्चकृवाँ ऋजिश्वना ॥
vi sūryo madhye amucad rathaṃ divo vidad dāsāya pratimānam āryaḥ | dṛḻhāni pipror asurasya māyina indro vy āsyac cakṛvām̐ ṛjiśvanā ||
English translation:
“The sun unyoked his chariot in the midst of the sky, (when) the Ārya (Indra) encountered the Dāsaassociated with Ṛjiśvan, Indra destroyed the stronghold of the guileful asura, Pipru.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): aṅga auravaḥ [aṅga aurava];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): virāḍjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वि । सूर्यः॑ । मध्ये॑ । अ॒मु॒च॒त् । रथ॑म् । दि॒वः । वि॒दत् । दा॒साय॑ । प्र॒ति॒ऽमान॑म् । आर्यः॑ । दृ॒ळ्हानि॑ । पिप्रोः॑ । असु॑रस्य । मा॒यिनः॑ । इन्द्रः॑ । वि । आ॒स्य॒त् । च॒कृ॒ऽवान् । ऋ॒जिश्व॑ना ॥
वि । सूर्यः । मध्ये । अमुचत् । रथम् । दिवः । विदत् । दासाय । प्रतिमानम् । आर्यः । दृळ्हानि । पिप्रोः । असुरस्य । मायिनः । इन्द्रः । वि । आस्यत् । चकृवान् । ऋजिश्वना ॥
vi | sūryaḥ | madhye | amucat | ratham | divaḥ | vidat | dāsāya | prati-mānam | āyarḥ | dṛḷhāni | piproḥ | asurasya | māyinaḥ | indraḥ | vi | āsyat | cakṛ-vān | ṛjiśvanā
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.138.3 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“midst; center; cavity; inside; middle; center; waist; group; pulp; torso; time interval; area; series; madhya [word]; Madhya; noon; middle; middle age; span; belly.”
[verb], singular, Thematic aorist (Ind.)
“liberate; emit; get rid of; shoot; release; put; tousle; secrete; fill into; shoot; spill; lose; ejaculate; exclude; free; remove; loosen; let go of; add; shed; want; save; defecate; heal; fart; open; abandon; discard; precipitate; reject; lay; unleash; exhale; discharge.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“chariot; warrior; ratha [word]; Dalbergia oojeinensis; rattan.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“find; detect; marry; get; think.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“slave; Dāsa; servant; savage; Shudra.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“weight.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Ārya; Ārya.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“hard; intense; firm; fixed; resolute; mesomorphic; grim; dṛḍha [word]; rainproof; sturdy; shut; firm; insoluble; strong; tough; tight.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Pipru.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Asura; lord; asura [word]; sulfur.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“artful; charming; crafty; deceptive.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“vi; bird; vi.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“shoot; remove.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“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.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“Ṛjiśvan.”