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 1.86.8

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

श॒श॒मा॒नस्य॑ वा नर॒: स्वेद॑स्य सत्यशवसः । वि॒दा काम॑स्य॒ वेन॑तः ॥
शशमानस्य वा नरः स्वेदस्य सत्यशवसः । विदा कामस्य वेनतः ॥
śaśamānasya vā naraḥ svedasya satyaśavasaḥ | vidā kāmasya venataḥ ||

English translation:

“Possessors of true vigour, be cognizant of the wishes of him who praises you, and toils in your service, desirous of (your favour).”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gotamo rāhūgaṇaḥ [gotama rāhūgaṇa];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): marūtaḥ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

श॒श॒मा॒नस्य॑ । वा॒ । न॒रः॒ । स्वेद॑स्य । स॒त्य॒ऽश॒व॒सः॒ । वि॒द । काम॑स्य । वेन॑तः ॥
शशमानस्य । वा । नरः । स्वेदस्य । सत्यशवसः । विद । कामस्य । वेनतः ॥
śaśamānasya | vā | naraḥ | svedasya | satya-śavasaḥ | vida | kāmasya | venataḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.86.8 English analysis of grammar]

śaśamānasya < śam

[verb noun], genitive, singular

“calm; go out; end; die; pacify; heal; labor; make peace; rest.”

[adverb]

“or; optionally; either.”

naraḥ < nṛ

[noun], vocative, plural, masculine

“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”

svedasya < sveda

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“perspiring; drudging.”

satyaśavasaḥ < satya

[noun]

“true; real; real; faithful; good.”

satyaśavasaḥ < śavasaḥ < śavas

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“strength; power; superiority.”

vidā < vid

[verb], plural, Perfect indicative

“know; diagnose; perceive; know; accord; notice; deem; mind; learn; specify; watch; recognize; detect; call.”

kāmasya < kāma

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“wish; desire; sexual love; sexual desire; desire; Kama; sensuality; love; purpose; sexual arousal; pleasure; enjoyment; licentiousness; kāma [word]; sexual intercourse; thorn apple; wish.”

venataḥ < ven

[verb noun], genitive, singular

“circulate.”

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