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 1.188.8
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
भार॒तीळे॒ सर॑स्वति॒ या व॒: सर्वा॑ उपब्रु॒वे । ता न॑श्चोदयत श्रि॒ये ॥
भारतीळे सरस्वति या वः सर्वा उपब्रुवे । ता नश्चोदयत श्रिये ॥
bhāratīḻe sarasvati yā vaḥ sarvā upabruve | tā naś codayata śriye ||
English translation:
“Bhāratī, Iḷā, Sarasvatī, I invoke you all, that you may direct us to prosperity.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Bhāratī, the goddess presiding over the heaven; Iḷā, the goddess presiding over the earth; Sarasvatī, the goddess presiding over the firmament; they are all three considered to be special manifestations of the majesty of the sun: etis tisra ādityaprabhāva viśeṣarūpa ityāhuḥ
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): agastyo maitrāvaruṇiḥ [agastya maitrāvaruṇi];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): āpriyaḥ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
भार॑ति । इळे॑ । सर॑स्वति । याः । वः॒ । सर्वाः॑ । उ॒प॒ऽब्रु॒वे । ताः । नः॒ । चो॒द॒य॒त॒ । श्रि॒ये ॥
भारति । इळे । सरस्वति । याः । वः । सर्वाः । उपब्रुवे । ताः । नः । चोदयत । श्रिये ॥
bhārati | iḷe | sarasvati | yāḥ | vaḥ | sarvāḥ | upa-bruve | tāḥ | naḥ | codayata | śriye
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.188.8 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], vocative, singular, feminine
“statement; language; voice; bhāratī; Sarasvatī; voice; speech; word; voice.”
[noun], vocative, singular, feminine
“refreshment; iḍā [word]; comfort; cow.”
[noun], vocative, singular, feminine
“Sarasvati; Sarasvatī; language; voice; speech; eloquence; balloon vine; river.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], accusative, plural
“you.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“all(a); whole; complete; sarva [word]; every(a); each(a); all; entire; sāṃnipātika; manifold; complete; all the(a); different; overall.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“impel; drive; incite; command; drive; arouse; propel.”
[noun], dative, singular, feminine
“mister; Ms.; Lakshmi; good fortune; well-being; magnificence; glory; beauty; Aegle marmelos (Linn.) Correa; dignity; power; śrī [word]; śrī; prosperity; auspiciousness.”