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 1.42.8

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒भि सू॒यव॑सं नय॒ न न॑वज्वा॒रो अध्व॑ने । पूष॑न्नि॒ह क्रतुं॑ विदः ॥
अभि सूयवसं नय न नवज्वारो अध्वने । पूषन्निह क्रतुं विदः ॥
abhi sūyavasaṃ naya na navajvāro adhvane | pūṣann iha kratuṃ vidaḥ ||

English translation:

“Lead us where there is abundant fodder; let there be no extreme heat by the way; Pūṣan, know to protect us on this (journey).”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kaṇvo ghauraḥ [kaṇva ghaura];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pūṣā ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒भि । सु॒ऽयव॑सम् । न॒य॒ । न । न॒व॒ऽज्वा॒रः । अध्व॑ने । पूष॑न् । इ॒ह । क्रतु॑म् । वि॒दः॒ ॥
अभि । सुयवसम् । नय । न । नवज्वारः । अध्वने । पूषन् । इह । क्रतुम् । विदः ॥
abhi | su-yavasam | naya | na | nava-jvāraḥ | adhvane | pūṣan | iha | kratum | vidaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.42.8 English analysis of grammar]

abhi

[adverb]

“towards; on.”

sūyavasaṃ < < su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

sūyavasaṃ < yavasam < yavasa

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“eatage; pasture; fodder.”

naya <

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“bring; lead; spend; decant; enter (a state); remove; take out; take away; enforce; marry; carry; fill into; bring; learn; go out; add.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

navajvāro < nava

[noun]

“new; fresh; young; matutinal; recent; nava [word]; modern; fresh.”

navajvāro < jvāraḥ < jvāra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“distress; suffering.”

adhvane < adhvan

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“way; journey; adhvan [word]; time; path; method; road; time; distance.”

pūṣann < pūṣan

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Pushan; pūṣan [word]; sun.”

iha

[adverb]

“here; now; in this world; now; below; there; here; just.”

kratuṃ < kratum < kratu

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“yajña; decision; plan; deliberation; intelligence; Kratu; will; kratu [word]; desire; resoluteness; ritual.”

vidaḥ < vid

[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)

“find; detect; marry; get; think.”

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