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 1.190.8
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ए॒वा म॒हस्तु॑विजा॒तस्तुवि॑ष्मा॒न्बृह॒स्पति॑र्वृष॒भो धा॑यि दे॒वः । स न॑: स्तु॒तो वी॒रव॑द्धातु॒ गोम॑द्वि॒द्यामे॒षं वृ॒जनं॑ जी॒रदा॑नुम् ॥
एवा महस्तुविजातस्तुविष्मान्बृहस्पतिर्वृषभो धायि देवः । स नः स्तुतो वीरवद्धातु गोमद्विद्यामेषं वृजनं जीरदानुम् ॥
evā mahas tuvijātas tuviṣmān bṛhaspatir vṛṣabho dhāyi devaḥ | sa naḥ stuto vīravad dhātu gomad vidyāmeṣaṃ vṛjanaṃ jīradānum ||
English translation:
“So, Bṛhaspati, the mighty, be beneficent, the powerful, the showerer (of benefits), the divine, has been glorified; praised by us, may he make us possessed of progeny and cattle, that hence we may obtain food, strength and long life.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): agastyo maitrāvaruṇiḥ [agastya maitrāvaruṇi];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): bṛhaspatiḥ ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ए॒व । म॒हः । तु॒वि॒ऽजा॒तः । तुवि॑ष्मान् । बृह॒स्पतिः॑ । वृ॒ष॒भः । धा॒यि॒ । दे॒वः । सः । नः॒ । स्तु॒तः । वी॒रऽव॑त् । धा॒तु॒ । गोऽम॑त् । वि॒द्याम॑ । इ॒षम् । वृ॒जन॑म् । जी॒रऽदा॑नुम् ॥
एव । महः । तुविजातः । तुविष्मान् । बृहस्पतिः । वृषभः । धायि । देवः । सः । नः । स्तुतः । वीरवत् । धातु । गोमत् । विद्याम । इषम् । वृजनम् । जीरदानुम् ॥
eva | mahaḥ | tuvi-jātaḥ | tuviṣmān | bṛhaspatiḥ | vṛṣabhaḥ | dhāya | deviḥ | saḥ | naḥ | stutaḥ | vīra-vat | dhātu | go--mat | vidyāma | iṣam | vṛjanam | jīra-dānum
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.190.8 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“indeed; merely; thus; even; surely; same; eva [word]; successively; immediately; in truth.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“great; abundant.”
[noun]
“mighty; very; diverse; much(a); many.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“powerful.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Brihaspati; Jupiter; Bṛhaspati.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“bull; Vṛṣabha; Vṛṣabha; best.”
[verb], singular, Aorist passive
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[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], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“laud; praise; declare; stu.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“rich in men.”
[verb], singular, Perfect imperative
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“rich in cattle; bovine.”
[verb], plural, Present optative
“know; diagnose; perceive; know; accord; notice; deem; mind; learn; specify; watch; recognize; detect; call.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“community; settlement.”
[noun]
“agile; quick; fast.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Dānu; dew; drop.”