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 1.133.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यासां॑ ति॒स्रः प॑ञ्चा॒शतो॑ऽभिव्ल॒ङ्गैर॒पाव॑पः । तत्सु ते॑ मनायति त॒कत्सु ते॑ मनायति ॥
यासां तिस्रः पञ्चाशतोऽभिव्लङ्गैरपावपः । तत्सु ते मनायति तकत्सु ते मनायति ॥
yāsāṃ tisraḥ pañcāśato 'bhivlaṅgair apāvapaḥ | tat su te manāyati takat su te manāyati ||

English translation:

“That you have destroyed, by your assaults, thirce fifty of such (hosts), is a deed that well becomes you, although thought by you of little moment.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): parucchepo daivodāsiḥ [parucchepa daivodāsi];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): virāḍanuṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यासा॑म् । ति॒स्रः । प॒ञ्चा॒शतः॑ । अ॒भि॒ऽव्ल॒ङ्गैः । अ॒प॒ऽअव॑पः । तत् । सु । ते॒ । म॒ना॒य॒ति॒ । त॒कत् । सु । ते॒ । म॒ना॒य॒ति॒ ॥
यासाम् । तिस्रः । पञ्चाशतः । अभिव्लङ्गैः । अपअवपः । तत् । सु । ते । मनायति । तकत् । सु । ते । मनायति ॥
yāsām | tisraḥ | pañcāśataḥ | abhi-vlaṅgaiḥ | apa-avapaḥ | tat | su | te | manāyati | takat | su | te | manāyati

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.133.4 English analysis of grammar]

yāsāṃ < yāsām < yad

[noun], genitive, plural, feminine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

tisraḥ < tri

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“three; tri/tisṛ [word].”

pañcāśato < pañcāśataḥ < pañcāśat

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“fifty; pañcāśat [word].”

'bhivlaṅgair < abhivlaṅgaiḥ < abhivlaṅga

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

apāvapaḥ < apavap < √vap

[verb], singular, Imperfect

tat < tad

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

te < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

manāyati < manāy < √man

[verb], singular, Present indikative

takat < taka

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“he,she,it (pers. pron.).”

su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

te < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

manāyati < manāy < √man

[verb], singular, Present indikative

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