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 10.159.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सम॑जैषमि॒मा अ॒हं स॒पत्नी॑रभि॒भूव॑री । यथा॒हम॒स्य वी॒रस्य॑ वि॒राजा॑नि॒ जन॑स्य च ॥
समजैषमिमा अहं सपत्नीरभिभूवरी । यथाहमस्य वीरस्य विराजानि जनस्य च ॥
sam ajaiṣam imā ahaṃ sapatnīr abhibhūvarī | yathāham asya vīrasya virājāni janasya ca ||
English translation:
“Triumphant, I conquered these my rivals so that I might rule this hero and his people.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śacī paulomī;Devatā (deity/subject-matter): śacī paulomī ;
Chandas (meter): anuṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सम् । अ॒जै॒ष॒म् । इ॒माः । अ॒हम् । स॒ऽपत्नीः॑ । अ॒भि॒ऽभूव॑री । यथा॑ । अ॒हम् । अ॒स्य । वी॒रस्य॑ । वि॒ऽराजा॑नि । जन॑स्य । च॒ ॥
सम् । अजैषम् । इमाः । अहम् । सपत्नीः । अभिभूवरी । यथा । अहम् । अस्य । वीरस्य । विराजानि । जनस्य । च ॥
sam | ajaiṣam | imāḥ | aham | sa-patnīḥ | abhi-bhūvarī | yathā | aham | asya | vīrasya | vi-rājāni | janasya | ca
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.159.6 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“sam; together; together; saṃ.”
[verb], singular, Athematic s aor. (Ind.)
“overcome; cure; win; conquer; control; win; succeed; remove; beat; govern; surpass; suppress.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], nominative, singular
“I; mine.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“sapatnī; rival; sapatnī [word]; mistress.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
[adverb]
“equally; as; so that; like; how; yathā [word]; that; wherein.”
[noun], nominative, singular
“I; mine.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“hero; man; Vīra; vīra; vīra [word]; Vīra.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“shine; excel; govern; dominate; glitter; light.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“people; national; man; relative; jan; Janaloka; person; jana [word]; man; attendant; Jana; foreigner; inhabitant; group.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”