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 8.83.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वा॒मं नो॑ अस्त्वर्यमन्वा॒मं व॑रुण॒ शंस्य॑म् । वा॒मं ह्या॑वृणी॒महे॑ ॥
वामं नो अस्त्वर्यमन्वामं वरुण शंस्यम् । वामं ह्यावृणीमहे ॥
vāmaṃ no astv aryaman vāmaṃ varuṇa śaṃsyam | vāmaṃ hy āvṛṇīmahe ||
English translation:
“Be wealth ours, Aryaman-- wealth worthy to be praised, Varuṇa; it is wealth which we ask.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kusīdī kāṇvaḥ [kusīdī kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): pādanicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वा॒मम् । नः॒ । अ॒स्तु॒ । अ॒र्य॒म॒न् । वा॒मम् । व॒रु॒ण॒ । शंस्य॑म् । वा॒मम् । हि । आ॒ऽवृ॒णी॒महे॑ ॥
वामम् । नः । अस्तु । अर्यमन् । वामम् । वरुण । शंस्यम् । वामम् । हि । आवृणीमहे ॥
vāmam | naḥ | astu | aryaman | vāmam | varuṇa | śaṃsyam | vāmam | hi | āvṛṇīmahe
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.83.4 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“agreeable; vāma [word]; beautiful.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Aryaman; aryaman [word]; sun.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“agreeable; vāma [word]; beautiful.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Varuna; varuṇa [word]; Crataeva religiosa Forst.; Varuṇa; varuṇādi.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“recommend; tell; praise; approve; communicate; recite; commend; bode; name; agree.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“agreeable; vāma [word]; beautiful.”
[adverb]
“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“prefer; choose.”