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 1.187.8

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यद॒पामोष॑धीनां परिं॒शमा॑रि॒शाम॑हे । वाता॑पे॒ पीव॒ इद्भ॑व ॥
यदपामोषधीनां परिंशमारिशामहे । वातापे पीव इद्भव ॥
yad apām oṣadhīnām pariṃśam āriśāmahe | vātāpe pīva id bhava ||

English translation:

“And since we enjoy the abundance of the waters and the plural nts; therefore, Body, do you grow fat.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Vātāpe pīva id bhava: vātāpi = śarīra, that which is sustained by vitality, vāta

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): agastyo maitrāvaruṇiḥ [agastya maitrāvaruṇi];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): oṣadhayaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यत् । अ॒पाम् । ओष॑धीनाम् । प॒रिं॒शम् । आ॒ऽरि॒शाम॑हे । वाता॑पे । पीवः॑ । इत् । भ॒व॒ ॥
यत् । अपाम् । ओषधीनाम् । परिंशम् । आरिशामहे । वातापे । पीवः । इत् । भव ॥
yat | apām | oṣadhīnām | pariṃśam | āriśāmahe | vātāpe | pīvaḥ | it | bhava

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.187.8 English analysis of grammar]

yad < yat

[adverb]

“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”

apām < ap

[noun], genitive, plural, feminine

“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”

oṣadhīnām < oṣadhi

[noun], genitive, plural, feminine

“herb; plant; drug; simple; oṣadhi [word]; remedy.”

pariṃśam < pariṃśa

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

āriśāmahe < āriś < √riś

[verb], plural, Present indikative

vātāpe < vāta

[noun], masculine

“vāta; wind; fart; Vayu; air; draft; vāta [word]; Vāta; rheumatism; Marut.”

vātāpe < āpe < āpi

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“friend.”

pīva < pīvaḥ < pīvas

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“fat.”

id

[adverb]

“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”

bhava < bhū

[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.”

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