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 2.24.8
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ऋ॒तज्ये॑न क्षि॒प्रेण॒ ब्रह्म॑ण॒स्पति॒र्यत्र॒ वष्टि॒ प्र तद॑श्नोति॒ धन्व॑ना । तस्य॑ सा॒ध्वीरिष॑वो॒ याभि॒रस्य॑ति नृ॒चक्ष॑सो दृ॒शये॒ कर्ण॑योनयः ॥
ऋतज्येन क्षिप्रेण ब्रह्मणस्पतिर्यत्र वष्टि प्र तदश्नोति धन्वना । तस्य साध्वीरिषवो याभिरस्यति नृचक्षसो दृशये कर्णयोनयः ॥
ṛtajyena kṣipreṇa brahmaṇas patir yatra vaṣṭi pra tad aśnoti dhanvanā | tasya sādhvīr iṣavo yābhir asyati nṛcakṣaso dṛśaye karṇayonayaḥ ||
English translation:
“Whatever Brahmaṇaspati aims at with the truth-strung quick-darting bow, that (mark) he surely attains; holy are its arrows with which he shoots (intended) for the eyes of men, and having their abode in the ear.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
For the eyes of men: nṛcakṣasaḥ karṇayonayaḥ: the arrows are oblations and mantras; the first is obvious to the sight; the second is addressed to the ears of men
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gṛtsamadaḥ śaunakaḥ [gṛtsamada śaunaka];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): brahmaṇaspatiḥ;
Chandas (meter): jagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ऋ॒तऽज्ये॑न । क्षि॒प्रेण॑ । ब्रह्म॑णः । पतिः॑ । यत्र॑ । वष्टि॑ । प्र । तर् । अ॒श्नो॒ति॒ । धन्व॑ना । तस्य॑ । सा॒ध्वीः । इष॑वः । याभिः॑ । अस्य॑ति । नृ॒ऽचक्ष॑सः । दृ॒शये॑ । कर्ण॑ऽयोनयः ॥
ऋतज्येन । क्षिप्रेण । ब्रह्मणः । पतिः । यत्र । वष्टि । प्र । तर् । अश्नोति । धन्वना । तस्य । साध्वीः । इषवः । याभिः । अस्यति । नृचक्षसः । दृशये । कर्णयोनयः ॥
ṛta-jyena | kṣipreṇa | brahmaṇaḥ | patiḥ | yatra | vaṣṭi | pra | tar | aśnoti | dhanvanā | tasya | sādhvīḥ | iṣavaḥ | yābhiḥ | asyati | nṛ-cakṣasaḥ | dṛśaye | karṇa-yonayaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 2.24.8 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], neuter
“truth; order; fixed order; ṛta [word]; law; custom; custom.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“bowstring.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“quick; kṣipra [word]; fast.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Brahmaṇaspati.”
[adverb]
“wherein; once [when].”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“desire; agree; call; care; like; love.”
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“get; reach; enter (a state).”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“bow; desert; steppe; barren.”
[noun], genitive, 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], nominative, plural, feminine
“good; good; correct; correct; sādhu [word]; excellent; efficient.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“arrow; iṣu [word]; iṣ; five; munj.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“shoot; remove.”
[noun], masculine
“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“eye; look; radiance.”
[verb noun]
“see; observe; view; visit; look; learn; meet; read; teach; examine; watch; see; notice; perceive; diagnose; travel to; show; detect; know; know; understand; understand; follow.”
[noun], masculine
“ear; Karṇa; karṇa [word]; auricle; fluke; diameter; lobule.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“vagina; vulva; uterus; beginning; origin; reincarnation; birthplace; family; production; cause; race; grain; raw material; birth; kind; caste; kinship; bed.”