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 1.8.9

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ए॒वा हि ते॒ विभू॑तय ऊ॒तय॑ इन्द्र॒ माव॑ते । स॒द्यश्चि॒त्सन्ति॑ दा॒शुषे॑ ॥
एवा हि ते विभूतय ऊतय इन्द्र मावते । सद्यश्चित्सन्ति दाशुषे ॥
evā hi te vibhūtaya ūtaya indra māvate | sadyaś cit santi dāśuṣe ||

English translation:

“Verily, Indra, your glories are at all times the protectors of every such worshipper as I am.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): madhucchandāḥ vaiśvāmitraḥ [madhucchandas vaiśvāmitra];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ए॒व । हि । ते॒ । विऽभू॑तयः । ऊ॒तयः॑ । इ॒न्द्र॒ । माऽव॑ते । स॒द्यः । चि॒त् । सन्ति॑ । दा॒शुषे॑ ॥
एव । हि । ते । विभूतयः । ऊतयः । इन्द्र । मावते । सद्यः । चित् । सन्ति । दाशुषे ॥
eva | hi | te | vi-bhūtayaḥ | ūtayaḥ | indra | māvate | sadyaḥ | cit | santi | dāśuṣe

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.8.9 English analysis of grammar]

evā < eva

[adverb]

“indeed; merely; thus; even; surely; same; eva [word]; successively; immediately; in truth.”

hi

[adverb]

“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”

te < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

vibhūtaya < vibhūtayaḥ < vibhūti

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“plentiful.”

ūtaya < ūtayaḥ < ūti

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“aid; favor; ūti [word].”

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”

māvate < māvat

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

sadyaś < sadyas

[adverb]

“immediately; just; daily; sadyas [word].”

cit

[adverb]

“even; indeed.”

santi < as

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”

dāśuṣe < dāś

[verb noun], dative, singular

“sacrifice; give.”

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