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 8.31.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
या दम्प॑ती॒ सम॑नसा सुनु॒त आ च॒ धाव॑तः । देवा॑सो॒ नित्य॑या॒शिरा॑ ॥
या दम्पती समनसा सुनुत आ च धावतः । देवासो नित्ययाशिरा ॥
yā dampatī samanasā sunuta ā ca dhāvataḥ | devāso nityayāśirā ||
English translation:
“Gods, may the husband and wife, who with one mind offer libations and purify them, and (propitiateyou) with the Soma ever mixed with milk.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): manurvaivasvataḥ [manurvaivasvata];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): dampatī ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
या । दम्प॑ती॒ इति॒ दम्ऽप॑ती । सऽम॑नसा । सु॒नु॒तः । आ । च॒ । धाव॑तः । देवा॑सः । नित्य॑या । आ॒ऽशिरा॑ ॥
या । दम्पती इति दम्पती । समनसा । सुनुतः । आ । च । धावतः । देवासः । नित्यया । आशिरा ॥
yā | dampatī itidam-patī | sa-manasā | sunutaḥ | ā | ca | dhāvataḥ | devāsaḥ | nityayā | āś irā
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.31.5 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“couple.”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“consentaneous.”
[verb], dual, Present indikative
“press out; su.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[verb], dual, Present indikative
“run; run; wash.”
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“continuous; own(a); changeless; everlasting; continual; devoted(p); permanent; obligatory; continuing; indispensable; native; addicted; connatural; necessary; durable; ageless; invariable; biological.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“mixture.”