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 1.32.8
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
न॒दं न भि॒न्नम॑मु॒या शया॑नं॒ मनो॒ रुहा॑णा॒ अति॑ य॒न्त्याप॑: । याश्चि॑द्वृ॒त्रो म॑हि॒ना प॒र्यति॑ष्ठ॒त्तासा॒महि॑: पत्सुत॒:शीर्ब॑भूव ॥
नदं न भिन्नममुया शयानं मनो रुहाणा अति यन्त्यापः । याश्चिद्वृत्रो महिना पर्यतिष्ठत्तासामहिः पत्सुतःशीर्बभूव ॥
nadaṃ na bhinnam amuyā śayānam mano ruhāṇā ati yanty āpaḥ | yāś cid vṛtro mahinā paryatiṣṭhat tāsām ahiḥ patsutaḥśīr babhūva ||
English translation:
“The waters, that delight the minds (of men), flow over him, recumbent on this earth, as a river (bursts through) its broken (banks). Ahi has been prostrated beneath the feet of the waters, which Vṛtra, by his might, had obstructed.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): hiraṇyastūpa āṅgirasaḥ [hiraṇyastūpa āṅgirasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
न॒दम् । न । भि॒न्नम् । अ॒मु॒या । शया॑नम् । मनः॑ । रुहा॑णाः । अति॑ । य॒न्ति॒ । आपः॑ । याः । चि॒त् । वृ॒त्रः । म॒हि॒ना । प॒रि॒ऽअति॑ष्ठत् । तासा॑म् । अहिः॑ । प॒त्सु॒तः॒शीः । ब॒भू॒व॒ ॥
नदम् । न । भिन्नम् । अमुया । शयानम् । मनः । रुहाणाः । अति । यन्ति । आपः । याः । चित् । वृत्रः । महिना । परिअतिष्ठत् । तासाम् । अहिः । पत्सुतःशीः । बभूव ॥
nadam | na | bhinnam | amuyā | śayānam | manaḥ | ruhāṇāḥ | ati | yanti | āpaḥ | yāḥ | cit | vṛtraḥ | mahinā | pari-atiṣṭhat | tāsām | ahiḥ | patsutaḥśīḥ | babhūva
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.32.8 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“river; nad; roarer; stallion.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“break; incise; burst; divide; cut; cleave; destroy; cure; disturb; lance; break; distinguish; disclose; pierce; tear; separate; transgress; break open; scratch; penetrate; sever; bribe; grind; betray; fester; strike.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“that; John Doe; yonder; from here.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“lie; sleep.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Manu; mantra; Manusmṛti; fourteen; man; manu [word]; Vaivasvata; incantation; sacred text.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“heal; grow; cicatrize; climb; board; ascend; grow.”
[adverb]
“very; excessively; beyond; excessively.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[adverb]
“even; indeed.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Vṛtra; vṛtra [word].”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“greatness; enormousness.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
[noun], genitive, plural, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“snake; lead; nāga; Nāga; ahi [word]; Vṛtra.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”