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 1.89.8
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
भ॒द्रं कर्णे॑भिः शृणुयाम देवा भ॒द्रं प॑श्येमा॒क्षभि॑र्यजत्राः । स्थि॒रैरङ्गै॑स्तुष्टु॒वांस॑स्त॒नूभि॒र्व्य॑शेम दे॒वहि॑तं॒ यदायु॑: ॥
भद्रं कर्णेभिः शृणुयाम देवा भद्रं पश्येमाक्षभिर्यजत्राः । स्थिरैरङ्गैस्तुष्टुवांसस्तनूभिर्व्यशेम देवहितं यदायुः ॥
bhadraṃ karṇebhiḥ śṛṇuyāma devā bhadram paśyemākṣabhir yajatrāḥ | sthirair aṅgais tuṣṭuvāṃsas tanūbhir vy aśema devahitaṃ yad āyuḥ ||
English translation:
“Let us hear, gods, with our ears, what is good; objects of sacrifice, let us see with our eyes what is good; let us, engaged in your praises, enjoy, with firm limb and (sound) bodies, the term of life granted by the gods.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Devahitam = (singular) Prajāpati, a patriarch or Brahmā
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gotamo rāhūgaṇaḥ [gotama rāhūgaṇa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): virāṭtrisṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
भ॒द्रम् । कर्णे॑भिः । शृ॒णु॒या॒म॒ । दे॒वाः॒ । भ॒द्रम् । प॒श्ये॒म॒ । अ॒क्षऽभिः॑ । य॒ज॒त्राः॒ । स्थि॒रैः । अङ्गैः॑ । तु॒स्तु॒ऽवांसः॑ । त॒नूभिः॑ । वि । अ॒शे॒म॒ । दे॒वऽहि॑तम् । यत् । आयुः॑ ॥
भद्रम् । कर्णेभिः । शृणुयाम । देवाः । भद्रम् । पश्येम । अक्षभिः । यजत्राः । स्थिरैः । अङ्गैः । तुस्तुवांसः । तनूभिः । वि । अशेम । देवहितम् । यत् । आयुः ॥
bhadram | karṇebhiḥ | śṛṇuyāma | devāḥ | bhadram | paśyema | akṣa-bhiḥ | yajatrāḥ | sth iraiḥ | aṅgaiḥ | tustu-vāṃsaḥ | tanūbhiḥ | vi | aśema | deva-hitam | yat | āyuḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.89.8 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“auspicious; lovely; good; happy; bhadra [word]; lucky; fine-looking; beautiful.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“ear; Karṇa; karṇa [word]; auricle; fluke; diameter; lobule.”
[verb], plural, Present optative
“listen; come to know; hear; hear; listen; study; heed; learn.”
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“auspicious; lovely; good; happy; bhadra [word]; lucky; fine-looking; beautiful.”
[verb], plural, Present optative
“see; view; watch; meet; observe; think of; look; examine; behold; visit; understand.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter
“eye; akṣa [word]; hole.”
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“adorable.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter
“firm; hard; lasting; calm; stable; immovable; firm; strong; sthira [word]; vegetable; potent; steadfast; durable; firm; trustworthy; trustworthy; diligent.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter
“body part; body; part; limb; extremity; Vedāṅga; section; root; army unit; aṅga [word]; subsection; aṅgamantra; part; body; ingredient.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“laud; praise; declare; stu.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“body; self; own(a); person; form.”
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[verb], plural, Present optative
“get; reach; enter (a state).”
[noun], masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“life; longevity; āyus; life; āyus [word]; Āyus.”