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 6.21.8

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

स तु श्रु॑धीन्द्र॒ नूत॑नस्य ब्रह्मण्य॒तो वी॑र कारुधायः । त्वं ह्या॒३॒॑पिः प्र॒दिवि॑ पितॄ॒णां शश्व॑द्ब॒भूथ॑ सु॒हव॒ एष्टौ॑ ॥
स तु श्रुधीन्द्र नूतनस्य ब्रह्मण्यतो वीर कारुधायः । त्वं ह्यापिः प्रदिवि पितॄणां शश्वद्बभूथ सुहव एष्टौ ॥
sa tu śrudhīndra nūtanasya brahmaṇyato vīra kārudhāyaḥ | tvaṃ hy āpiḥ pradivi pitṝṇāṃ śaśvad babhūtha suhava eṣṭau ||

English translation:

“Supporter of (your) worshippers, hero, Indra, listen (to the praises) of your present adorer, for you have always attended to invocations at sacrifices in ancient times, as the kinsman of our forefather.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Pitṛṇām āpiḥ = bandhuḥ; aṅgirasas are intended

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bharadvājo bārhaspatyaḥ [bharadvāja bārhaspatya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): svarāḍbṛhatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सः । तु । श्रु॒धि॒ । इ॒न्द्र॒ । नूत॑नस्य । ब्र॒ह्म॒ण्य॒तः । वी॒र॒ । का॒रु॒ऽधा॒यः॒ । त्वम् । हि । आ॒पिः । प्र॒ऽदिवि॑ । पि॒तॄ॒णाम् । शश्व॑त् । ब॒भूथ॑ । सु॒ऽहवः॑ । आऽइ॑ष्टौ ॥
सः । तु । श्रुधि । इन्द्र । नूतनस्य । ब्रह्मण्यतः । वीर । कारुधायः । त्वम् । हि । आपिः । प्रदिवि । पितॄणाम् । शश्वत् । बभूथ । सुहवः । आइष्टौ ॥
saḥ | tu | śrudhi | indra | nūtanasya | brahmaṇyataḥ | vīra | kāru-dhāyaḥ | tvam | hi | āpiḥ | pra-divi | pitṝṇām | śaśvat | babhūtha | su-havaḥ | āiṣṭau

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 6.21.8 English analysis of grammar]

sa < tad

[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.”

tu

[adverb]

“now; then; but; and; now; however; then; then; surely.”

śrudhīndra < śrudhī < śru

[verb], singular, Aorist imperative

“listen; come to know; hear; hear; listen; study; heed; learn.”

śrudhīndra < indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”

nūtanasya < nūtana

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“new; fresh; recent; contemporary; present(a); first.”

brahmaṇyato < brahmaṇyataḥ < brahmaṇy

[verb noun], genitive, singular

vīra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“hero; man; Vīra; vīra; vīra [word]; Vīra.”

kārudhāyaḥ < kāru

[noun], masculine

“poet; singer.”

kārudhāyaḥ < dhāyaḥ < dhāyas

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“alimentary; sustaining.”

tvaṃ < tvam < tvad

[noun], nominative, singular

“you.”

hy < hi

[adverb]

“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”

āpiḥ < āpi

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“friend.”

pradivi < pradiv

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“age-old; long.”

pitṝṇāṃ < pitṝṇām < pitṛ

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“father; Pitṛ; ancestor; parent; paternal ancestor; pitṛ [word]; forefather.”

śaśvad < śaśvat

[adverb]

“always; repeatedly; continually; wholly.”

babhūtha < bhū

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”

suhava < su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

suhava < havaḥ < hava

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“invocation.”

eṣṭau < eṣṭi

[noun], locative, singular, feminine

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