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 4.50.8
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स इत्क्षे॑ति॒ सुधि॑त॒ ओक॑सि॒ स्वे तस्मा॒ इळा॑ पिन्वते विश्व॒दानी॑म् । तस्मै॒ विश॑: स्व॒यमे॒वा न॑मन्ते॒ यस्मि॑न्ब्र॒ह्मा राज॑नि॒ पूर्व॒ एति॑ ॥
स इत्क्षेति सुधित ओकसि स्वे तस्मा इळा पिन्वते विश्वदानीम् । तस्मै विशः स्वयमेवा नमन्ते यस्मिन्ब्रह्मा राजनि पूर्व एति ॥
sa it kṣeti sudhita okasi sve tasmā iḻā pinvate viśvadānīm | tasmai viśaḥ svayam evā namante yasmin brahmā rājani pūrva eti ||
English translation:
“Verily he abides prosperous in his own abode; for him the earth bears fruit at all seasons; to him (his) subjects willingly pay homage, the prince, to whom the Brāhmaṇa first, (duly reverenced), repairs.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vāmadevo gautamaḥ [vāmadeva gautama];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): bṛhaspatiḥ ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सः । इत् । क्षे॒ति॒ । सुऽधि॑तः । ओक॑सि । स्वे । तस्मै॑ । इळा॑ । पि॒न्व॒ते॒ । वि॒श्व॒ऽदानी॑म् । तस्मै॑ । विशः॑ । स्व॒यम् । ए॒व । न॒म॒न्ते॒ । यस्मि॑न् । ब्र॒ह्मा । राज॑नि । पूर्वः॑ । एति॑ ॥
सः । इत् । क्षेति । सुधितः । ओकसि । स्वे । तस्मै । इळा । पिन्वते । विश्वदानीम् । तस्मै । विशः । स्वयम् । एव । नमन्ते । यस्मिन् । ब्रह्मा । राजनि । पूर्वः । एति ॥
saḥ | it | kṣeti | su-dhitaḥ | okasi | sve | tasmai | iḷā | pinvate | viśva-dānīm | tasmai | viśaḥ | svayam | eva | namante | yasmin | brahmā | rājani | pūrvaḥ | et i
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 4.50.8 English analysis of grammar]
[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.”
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“govern; inhabit; dwell; stay; predominate; bide; own.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“sudhita [word].”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“home; house; oka [word].”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“own(a); respective(a); akin(p); sva [word]; individual; present(a); independent.”
[noun], dative, 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, singular, feminine
“refreshment; iḍā [word]; comfort; cow.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“swell; swell; overflow; abound.”
[adverb]
“always.”
[noun], dative, 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
“fecal matter.”
[adverb]
“personally; spontaneously; svayam [word]; voluntarily.”
[adverb]
“indeed; merely; thus; even; surely; same; eva [word]; successively; immediately; in truth.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“bow; bend; condescend; worship; bend; lower.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Brahma; Brahmin; dhak; Brahman; brahman [word]; Brahman; Brahmin; Brahmapurāṇa; Vishnu; Brihaspati.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“king; Kshatriya; rājan [word]; best; rājāvarta; Yakṣa.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“aforesaid(a); antecedent; previous(a); first; eastern; former(a); pūrva [word]; age-old; anterior; bygone; fore(a); predictive; firstborn; easterly; instrumental.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”