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 8.15.7
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तव॒ त्यदि॑न्द्रि॒यं बृ॒हत्तव॒ शुष्म॑मु॒त क्रतु॑म् । वज्रं॑ शिशाति धि॒षणा॒ वरे॑ण्यम् ॥
तव त्यदिन्द्रियं बृहत्तव शुष्ममुत क्रतुम् । वज्रं शिशाति धिषणा वरेण्यम् ॥
tava tyad indriyam bṛhat tava śuṣmam uta kratum | vajraṃ śiśāti dhiṣaṇā vareṇyam ||
English translation:
“Praise sharpens your great energy, your strength, your acts, and your majestic thunderbolt.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): goṣūktyaśvasūktinau kāṇvāyanau;Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛduṣṇik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तव॑ । त्यत् । इ॒न्द्रि॒यम् । बृ॒हत् । तव॑ । शुष्म॑म् । उ॒त । क्रतु॑म् । वज्र॑म् । शि॒शा॒ति॒ । धि॒षणा॑ । वरे॑ण्यम् ॥
तव । त्यत् । इन्द्रियम् । बृहत् । तव । शुष्मम् । उत । क्रतुम् । वज्रम् । शिशाति । धिषणा । वरेण्यम् ॥
tava | tyat | indriyam | bṛhat | tava | śuṣmam | uta | kratum | vajram | śiśāti | dhiṣaṇā | vareṇyam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.15.7 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“that.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“sense organ; Indriya; sense; power; semen; indriya [word]; mind; penis; manfulness; force.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“large; great; loud; high; much(a); exalted; abundant; intensive; strong; huge.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“vigor; energy; fire; hiss; courage.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“yajña; decision; plan; deliberation; intelligence; Kratu; will; kratu [word]; desire; resoluteness; ritual.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“vajra; Vajra; vajra; vajra; lightning; abhra; vajramūṣā; diamond; vajra [word]; vajrakapāṭa; vajra; vaikrānta.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“sharpen; whet; strengthen.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“heaven and earth.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“excellent; desirable.”