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 6.16.8
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तव॒ प्र य॑क्षि सं॒दृश॑मु॒त क्रतुं॑ सु॒दान॑वः । विश्वे॑ जुषन्त का॒मिन॑: ॥
तव प्र यक्षि संदृशमुत क्रतुं सुदानवः । विश्वे जुषन्त कामिनः ॥
tava pra yakṣi saṃdṛśam uta kratuṃ sudānavaḥ | viśve juṣanta kāminaḥ ||
English translation:
“I glorify your splendour and the acts of you the liberal giver all who, (through your favour) enjoy their desires, glorify you.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bharadvājo bārhaspatyaḥ [bharadvāja bārhaspatya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तव॑ । प्र । य॒क्षि॒ । स॒म्ऽदृश॑म् । उ॒त । क्रतु॑म् । सु॒ऽदान॑वः । विश्वे॑ । जु॒ष॒न्त॒ । का॒मिनः॑ ॥
तव । प्र । यक्षि । सम्दृशम् । उत । क्रतुम् । सुदानवः । विश्वे । जुषन्त । कामिनः ॥
tava | pra | yakṣi | sam-dṛśam | uta | kratum | su-dānavaḥ | viśve | juṣanta | kāminaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 6.16.8 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“sacrifice; worship; worship.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“appearance; view; view.”
[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], nominative, plural, masculine
“big; lavish.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[verb], plural, Present injunctive
“enjoy; endow; possess; frequent; accompany; induce; consume; approve; affect; attend; befit; blend; contract.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“desirous; aroused; loving.”