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 1.100.8
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तम॑प्सन्त॒ शव॑स उत्स॒वेषु॒ नरो॒ नर॒मव॑से॒ तं धना॑य । सो अ॒न्धे चि॒त्तम॑सि॒ ज्योति॑र्विदन्म॒रुत्वा॑न्नो भव॒त्विन्द्र॑ ऊ॒ती ॥
तमप्सन्त शवस उत्सवेषु नरो नरमवसे तं धनाय । सो अन्धे चित्तमसि ज्योतिर्विदन्मरुत्वान्नो भवत्विन्द्र ऊती ॥
tam apsanta śavasa utsaveṣu naro naram avase taṃ dhanāya | so andhe cit tamasi jyotir vidan marutvān no bhavatv indra ūtī ||
English translation:
“To him, a leader (to victory), his worshippers apply in contests of strength for protection and for wealth, as he grants them the light (of conquest) in the bewildering darkness (of battle); may Indra, associated with the Maruts, be our protection.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Jyotis. = light; cit-tāmasi = in the darkness of thought; hopefully, Indra will give the light of knowledge to darkness of understanding
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vṛṣāgiro mahārājasya putrabhūtā vārṣāgirā ṛjrāśvāmbarīṣasahadeva bhayamānasurādhasaḥ [vṛṣāgira mahārājasya putrabhūtā vārṣāgiras ṛjrāśvāmbarīṣasahadeva bhayamānasurādhasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तम् । अ॒प्स॒न्त॒ । शव॑सः । उ॒त्ऽस॒वेषु॑ । नरः॑ । नर॑म् । अव॑से । तम् । धना॑य । सः । अ॒न्धे । चि॒त् । तम॑सि । ज्योतिः॑ । वि॒द॒त् । म॒रुत्वा॑न् । नः॒ । भ॒व॒तु॒ । इन्द्रः॑ । ऊ॒ती ॥
तम् । अप्सन्त । शवसः । उत्सवेषु । नरः । नरम् । अवसे । तम् । धनाय । सः । अन्धे । चित् । तमसि । ज्योतिः । विदत् । मरुत्वान् । नः । भवतु । इन्द्रः । ऊती ॥
tam | apsanta | śavasaḥ | ut-saveṣu | naraḥ | naram | avase | tam | dhanāya | saḥ | andhe | cit | tamasi | jyotiḥ | vidat | marutvān | naḥ | bhavatu | indraḥ | ūtī
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.100.8 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[?]
“_”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“strength; power; superiority.”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“festival; joy; enterprise; fun.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”
[noun], dative, singular, neuter
“aid; favor; protection.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], dative, singular, neuter
“wealth; property; money; treasure; prize; dhana [word]; valuable; dhan; capital; fight.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“blind; andha [word]; andha; blind; complete; dark.”
[adverb]
“even; indeed.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“dark; darkness; Tamas; tamas [word]; faint; tamas; gloom; ignorance.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“light; star; luminosity; fire; jyotis [word]; digestion; planet; light; sunlight.”
[verb], plural, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“find; detect; marry; get; think.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Marut(a).”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“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.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], dative, singular, feminine
“aid; favor; ūti [word].”