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 8.80.9

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तु॒रीयं॒ नाम॑ य॒ज्ञियं॑ य॒दा कर॒स्तदु॑श्मसि । आदित्पति॑र्न ओहसे ॥
तुरीयं नाम यज्ञियं यदा करस्तदुश्मसि । आदित्पतिर्न ओहसे ॥
turīyaṃ nāma yajñiyaṃ yadā karas tad uśmasi | ād it patir na ohase ||

English translation:

“When you assume your sacrificial fourth name, we long for it; then you forthwith carry us as a protectoṛ”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Fourth name: The four names are explained to be the nakṣatra or constellation-name (i.e., Arjuna, as connectedwith the constellation arjunekṣu or phalgunyau? cf. Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa 2.1.2.11 which calls it guhyamnāma, hidden name; the hidden name, the revealed name, and the sacrificial name somayājin

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): ekadyūrnaudhasaḥ [ekadyūrnaudhasa];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तु॒रीय॑म् । नाम॑ । य॒ज्ञिय॑म् । य॒दा । करः॑ । तत् । उ॒श्म॒सि॒ । आत् । इत् । पतिः॑ । नः॒ । ओ॒ह॒से॒ ॥
तुरीयम् । नाम । यज्ञियम् । यदा । करः । तत् । उश्मसि । आत् । इत् । पतिः । नः । ओहसे ॥
turīyam | nāma | yajñiyam | yadā | karaḥ | tat | uśmasi | āt | it | patiḥ | naḥ | ohase

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.80.9 English analysis of grammar]

turīyaṃ < turīyam < turīya

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“fourth.”

nāma < nāman

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“name; appellation; nāman [word]; nāmakaraṇa; surname; noun; word.”

yajñiyaṃ < yajñiyam < yajñiya

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“sacrificial; divine; devoted.”

yadā

[adverb]

“once [when]; if.”

karas < karaḥ < kṛ

[verb], singular, Aorist conj./subj.

“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”

tad < 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.”

uśmasi < vaś

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“desire; agree; call; care; like; love.”

ād < āt

[adverb]

“then.”

it < id

[adverb]

“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”

patir < patiḥ < pati

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“husband; overlord; king; deity; īśvara; ruler; pati [word]; commanding officer; leader; owner; mayor; lord.”

na < naḥ < mad

[noun], genitive, plural

“I; mine.”

ohase < ūh

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“diagnose.”

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