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 1.3.8
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
विश्वे॑ दे॒वासो॑ अ॒प्तुर॑: सु॒तमा ग॑न्त॒ तूर्ण॑यः । उ॒स्रा इ॑व॒ स्वस॑राणि ॥
विश्वे देवासो अप्तुरः सुतमा गन्त तूर्णयः । उस्रा इव स्वसराणि ॥
viśve devāso apturaḥ sutam ā ganta tūrṇayaḥ | usrā iva svasarāṇi ||
English translation:
“May the swift-moving universal Gods, the shedders of rain, come to the libation, as the solar rays come diligently tot he days.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): madhucchandāḥ vaiśvāmitraḥ [madhucchandas vaiśvāmitra];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
विश्वे॑ । दे॒वासः॑ । अ॒प्ऽतुरः॑ । सु॒तम् । आ । ग॒न्त॒ । तूर्ण॑यः । उ॒स्राःऽइ॑व । स्वस॑राणि ॥
विश्वे । देवासः । अप्तुरः । सुतम् । आ । गन्त । तूर्णयः । उस्राःइव । स्वसराणि ॥
viśve | devāsaḥ | ap-turaḥ | sutam | ā | ganta | tūrṇayaḥ | usrāḥ-iva | svasarāṇi
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.3.8 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Soma.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[verb], plural, Aorist imperative
“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“agile.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“cow; dawn.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“pasture; stall.”