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 7.31.8

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तं त्वा॑ म॒रुत्व॑ती॒ परि॒ भुव॒द्वाणी॑ स॒याव॑री । नक्ष॑माणा स॒ह द्युभि॑: ॥
तं त्वा मरुत्वती परि भुवद्वाणी सयावरी । नक्षमाणा सह द्युभिः ॥
taṃ tvā marutvatī pari bhuvad vāṇī sayāvarī | nakṣamāṇā saha dyubhiḥ ||

English translation:

“May the praises of your adorers, accompanying you (wherever you go), such as you are, and spreadingaround with radiance, reach you.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तम् । त्वा॒ । म॒रुत्व॑ती । परि॑ । भुव॑त् । वाणी॑ । स॒ऽयाव॑री । नक्ष॑माणा । स॒ह । द्युऽभिः॑ ॥
तम् । त्वा । मरुत्वती । परि । भुवत् । वाणी । सयावरी । नक्षमाणा । सह । द्युभिः ॥
tam | tvā | marutvatī | pari | bhuvat | vāṇī | sa-yāvarī | nakṣamāṇā | saha | dyu-bhi ḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 7.31.8 English analysis of grammar]

taṃ < tam < tad

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

tvā < tvad

[noun], accusative, singular

“you.”

marutvatī < marutvat

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“Marut(a).”

pari

[adverb]

“from; about; around.”

bhuvad < bhuvat < bhū

[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)

“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.”

vāṇī

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“voice; Sarasvati; words; language.”

sayāvarī < sa

[adverb]

“with; little; together.”

sayāvarī < yāvarī < yāvan

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“traveler.”

nakṣamāṇā < nakṣ

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“reach; approach.”

saha

[adverb]

“together; together; with; jointly; together; saha [word]; along.”

dyubhiḥ < div

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”

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