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 10.138.5

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अयु॑द्धसेनो वि॒भ्वा॑ विभिन्द॒ता दाश॑द्वृत्र॒हा तुज्या॑नि तेजते । इन्द्र॑स्य॒ वज्रा॑दबिभेदभि॒श्नथ॒: प्राक्रा॑मच्छु॒न्ध्यूरज॑हादु॒षा अन॑: ॥
अयुद्धसेनो विभ्वा विभिन्दता दाशद्वृत्रहा तुज्यानि तेजते । इन्द्रस्य वज्रादबिभेदभिश्नथः प्राक्रामच्छुन्ध्यूरजहादुषा अनः ॥
ayuddhaseno vibhvā vibhindatā dāśad vṛtrahā tujyāni tejate | indrasya vajrād abibhed abhiśnathaḥ prākrāmac chundhyūr ajahād uṣā anaḥ ||

English translation:

“(Indra), leading an irresistible army, slaying Vṛtra with the pervading piercing (bolt), gives (wealth tohis worshippers), thins the (hosts of the asuras) which have to be attacked; (the whole host of the enemy) wasafraid of Indra's wide-destroying thunderbolt, the purifying (sun) came forth, Uṣas left her cart.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Thins the hosts:or, sharpens his weapons (which are to be hurled against the asuras

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): aṅga auravaḥ [aṅga aurava];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): virāḍjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अयु॑द्धऽसेनः । वि॒ऽभ्वा॑ । वि॒ऽभि॒न्द॒ता । दाश॑त् । वृ॒त्र॒ऽहा । तुज्या॑नि । ते॒ज॒ते॒ । इन्द्र॑स्य । वज्रा॑त् । अ॒बि॒भे॒त् । अ॒भि॒ऽश्नथः॑ । प्र । अ॒क्रा॒म॒त् । शु॒न्ध्यूः । अज॑हात् । उ॒षाः । अनः॑ ॥
अयुद्धसेनः । विभ्वा । विभिन्दता । दाशत् । वृत्रहा । तुज्यानि । तेजते । इन्द्रस्य । वज्रात् । अबिभेत् । अभिश्नथः । प्र । अक्रामत् । शुन्ध्यूः । अजहात् । उषाः । अनः ॥
ayuddha-senaḥ | vi-bhvā | vi-bhindatā | dāśat | vṛtra-hā | tujyāni | tejate | indrasya | vajrāt | abibhet | abhi-śnathaḥ | pra | akrāmat | śundhyūḥ | ajahāt | uṣāḥ | anaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.138.5 English analysis of grammar]

ayuddhaseno < a

[adverb]

“not; akāra; a [taddhita]; a [word]; a; a.”

ayuddhaseno < yuddha < yudh

[verb noun]

“fight; overcome.”

ayuddhaseno < senaḥ < senā

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“army; senā [word]; armament.”

vibhvā < vibhu

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“mighty; abundant; big.”

vibhindatā < vibhid < √bhid

[verb noun], instrumental, singular

“cleave; incise.”

dāśad < dāśat < dāś

[verb], singular, Present injunctive

“sacrifice; give.”

vṛtrahā < vṛtrahan

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Indra.”

tujyāni < tujya

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

tejate < tij

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“sharpen.”

indrasya < indra

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

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

vajrād < vajrāt < vajra

[noun], ablative, singular, masculine

“vajra; Vajra; vajra; vajra; lightning; abhra; vajramūṣā; diamond; vajra [word]; vajrakapāṭa; vajra; vaikrānta.”

abibhed < abibhet < bhī

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“fear; fear.”

abhiśnathaḥ < abhiśnath

[noun], ablative, singular, masculine

“piercing.”

prākrāmacchundhyūr < prākrāmat < prakram < √kram

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“go; begin; walk; travel.”

prākrāmacchundhyūr < śundhyūḥ < śundhyu

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“fine-looking; beautiful.”

ajahād < ajahāt <

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“abandon; decrease; want; kill; deteriorate; get rid of; exclude; lose; avoid; remove; leave; abandon; neglect; leave; discard; apostatize; discontinue; weaken; abandon; assail; subtract; foreswear; pour away; withdraw; depart; reduce.”

uṣā < uṣāḥ < uṣas

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“Ushas; dawn; uṣas [word]; morning.”

anaḥ < anas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“cart; anas [word].”

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