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 10.157.1

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इ॒मा नु कं॒ भुव॑ना सीषधा॒मेन्द्र॑श्च॒ विश्वे॑ च दे॒वाः ॥
इमा नु कं भुवना सीषधामेन्द्रश्च विश्वे च देवाः ॥
imā nu kam bhuvanā sīṣadhāmendraś ca viśve ca devāḥ ||

English translation:

“May we, along with Indra and the universal gods, possess all these worlds.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bhuvana āptyaḥ sādhano vā bhauvanaḥ [bhuvana āptya sādhanabhauvana];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): dvipadātriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इ॒मा । नु । क॒म् । भुव॑ना । सी॒स॒धा॒म॒ । इन्द्रः॑ । च॒ । विश्वे॑ । च॒ । दे॒वाः ॥
इमा । नु । कम् । भुवना । सीसधाम । इन्द्रः । च । विश्वे । च । देवाः ॥
imā | nu | kam | bhuvanā | sīsadhāma | indraḥ | ca | viśve | ca | devāḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.157.1 English analysis of grammar]

imā < idam

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

nu

[adverb]

“now; already.”

kam < kaṃ

[adverb]

“kaṃ [word].”

bhuvanā < bhuvana

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“Earth; being; world; bhuvana [word].”

sīṣadhāmendraś < sīṣadhāma < sādh

[verb], plural, Aorist conj./subj.

“promote; succeed.”

sīṣadhāmendraś < indraḥ < indra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

viśve < viśva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

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

ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

devāḥ < deva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

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