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 6.26.8

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

व॒यं ते॑ अ॒स्यामि॑न्द्र द्यु॒म्नहू॑तौ॒ सखा॑यः स्याम महिन॒ प्रेष्ठा॑: । प्रात॑र्दनिः क्षत्र॒श्रीर॑स्तु॒ श्रेष्ठो॑ घ॒ने वृ॒त्राणां॑ स॒नये॒ धना॑नाम् ॥
वयं ते अस्यामिन्द्र द्युम्नहूतौ सखायः स्याम महिन प्रेष्ठाः । प्रातर्दनिः क्षत्रश्रीरस्तु श्रेष्ठो घने वृत्राणां सनये धनानाम् ॥
vayaṃ te asyām indra dyumnahūtau sakhāyaḥ syāma mahina preṣṭhāḥ | prātardaniḥ kṣatraśrīr astu śreṣṭho ghane vṛtrāṇāṃ sanaye dhanānām ||

English translation:

“May we, adorable Indra, your friends, at this your worship, offered for (the acquisiiton of) wealth, be held most dear to you; may Kṣatraśrī, the son of Pratardana, (my patron), by most illustrious through the destruction of foes, and the attainment of riches.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

व॒यम् । ते॒ । अ॒स्याम् । इ॒न्द्र॒ । द्यु॒म्नऽहू॑तौ । सखा॑यः । स्या॒म॒ । म॒हि॒न॒ । प्रेष्ठाः॑ । प्रात॑र्दनिः । क्ष॒त्र॒ऽश्रीः । अ॒स्तु॒ । श्रेष्ठः॑ । घ॒ने । वृ॒त्राणा॑म् । स॒नये॑ । धना॑नाम् ॥
वयम् । ते । अस्याम् । इन्द्र । द्युम्नहूतौ । सखायः । स्याम । महिन । प्रेष्ठाः । प्रातर्दनिः । क्षत्रश्रीः । अस्तु । श्रेष्ठः । घने । वृत्राणाम् । सनये । धनानाम् ॥
vayam | te | asyām | indra | dyumna-hūtau | sakhāyaḥ | syāma | mahina | preṣṭhāḥ | prātardaniḥ | kṣatra-śrīḥ | astu | śreṣṭhaḥ | ghane | vṛtrāṇām | sanaye | dhanānām

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 6.26.8 English analysis of grammar]

vayaṃ < vayam < mad

[noun], nominative, plural

“I; mine.”

te < tvad

[noun], dative, singular

“you.”

asyām < idam

[noun], locative, singular, feminine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

dyumnahūtau < dyumna

[noun], neuter

“magnificence.”

dyumnahūtau < hūtau < hūti

[noun], locative, singular, feminine

“invocation.”

sakhāyaḥ < sakhi

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“friend; companion; sakhi [word].”

syāma < as

[verb], plural, Present optative

“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”

mahina

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

preṣṭhāḥ < preṣṭha

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“dearest.”

prātardaniḥ < prātardani

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

kṣatraśrīr < kṣatra

[noun], neuter

“Kshatriya; dominion; Kshatriya; kṣatra [word]; power.”

kṣatraśrīr < śrīḥ < śrī

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“mister; Ms.; Lakshmi; good fortune; well-being; magnificence; glory; beauty; Aegle marmelos (Linn.) Correa; dignity; power; śrī [word]; śrī; prosperity; auspiciousness.”

astu < as

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”

śreṣṭho < śreṣṭhaḥ < śreṣṭha

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“best; better; chief(a); beautiful.”

ghane < ghana

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“abhra; cloud; hammer; ghana; hammer; rainy season; tin; iron; ghana [word]; ghana; nutgrass; ball; phlegm.”

vṛtrāṇāṃ < vṛtrāṇām < vṛtra

[noun], genitive, plural, neuter

“enemy.”

sanaye < sani

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

“gain.”

dhanānām < dhana

[noun], genitive, plural, neuter

“wealth; property; money; treasure; prize; dhana [word]; valuable; dhan; capital; fight.”

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