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 2.32.8

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

या गु॒ङ्गूर्या सि॑नीवा॒ली या रा॒का या सर॑स्वती । इ॒न्द्रा॒णीम॑ह्व ऊ॒तये॑ वरुणा॒नीं स्व॒स्तये॑ ॥
या गुङ्गूर्या सिनीवाली या राका या सरस्वती । इन्द्राणीमह्व ऊतये वरुणानीं स्वस्तये ॥
yā guṅgūr yā sinīvālī yā rākā yā sarasvatī | indrāṇīm ahva ūtaye varuṇānīṃ svastaye ||

English translation:

“I invoke her who is Gaṅgū, who is Sinīvālī, who is Rākā, who is Sarasvatī; (I invoke) Indrāṇī for protection, Varuṇānī for welfare.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Gaṅgū = kuhu, the day of conjunction, when the moon rises invisible; these phases of moon were perhaps, identifiable with Indrāṇī or Varuṇānī, or with both

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gṛtsamadaḥ śaunakaḥ [gṛtsamada śaunaka];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): liṅgoktāḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicrṛdanuṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

या । गु॒ङ्गूः । या । सि॒नी॒वा॒ली । या । रा॒का । या । सर॑स्वती । इ॒न्द्रा॒णीम् । अ॒ह्वे॒ । ऊ॒तये॑ । व॒रु॒णा॒नीम् । स्व॒स्तये॑ ॥
या । गुङ्गूः । या । सिनीवाली । या । राका । या । सरस्वती । इन्द्राणीम् । अह्वे । ऊतये । वरुणानीम् । स्वस्तये ॥
yā | guṅgūḥ | yā | sinīvālī | yā | rākā | yā | sarasvatī | indrāṇīm | ahve | ūtaye | varuṇānīm | svastaye

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 2.32.8 English analysis of grammar]

< yad

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

guṅgūr < guṅgūḥ < guṅgū

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

< yad

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

sinīvālī

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“Durga.”

< yad

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

rākā

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“Rākā; rākā; full moon.”

< yad

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

sarasvatī

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“Sarasvati; Sarasvatī; language; voice; speech; eloquence; balloon vine; river.”

indrāṇīm < indrāṇī

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“Śacī; nirguṇḍī.”

ahva < ahve < hvā

[verb], singular, Thematic aorist (Ind.)

“raise; call on; call; summon.”

ūtaye < ūti

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

“aid; favor; ūti [word].”

varuṇānīṃ < varuṇānīm < varuṇānī

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

svastaye < svasti

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

“prosperity; well-being; fortune; benediction; svasti [word]; well; luck.”

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