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 7.38.8

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

वाजे॑वाजेऽवत वाजिनो नो॒ धने॑षु विप्रा अमृता ऋतज्ञाः । अ॒स्य मध्व॑: पिबत मा॒दय॑ध्वं तृ॒प्ता या॑त प॒थिभि॑र्देव॒यानै॑: ॥
वाजेवाजेऽवत वाजिनो नो धनेषु विप्रा अमृता ऋतज्ञाः । अस्य मध्वः पिबत मादयध्वं तृप्ता यात पथिभिर्देवयानैः ॥
vāje-vāje 'vata vājino no dhaneṣu viprā amṛtā ṛtajñāḥ | asya madhvaḥ pibata mādayadhvaṃ tṛptā yāta pathibhir devayānaiḥ ||

English translation:

“Wise, immortal Vājins, observers of truth, defend us in every conflict, and for the sake of wealth; drinkof this sweet (Soma), be exhilarated (thereby) and satisfied; proceed by the paths traversed by the gods.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

वाजे॑ऽवाजे । अ॒व॒त॒ । वा॒जि॒नः॒ । नः॒ । धने॑षु । वि॒प्राः॒ । अ॒मृ॒ताः॒ । ऋ॒त॒ऽज्ञाः॒ । अ॒स्य । मध्वः॑ । पि॒ब॒त॒ । मा॒दय॑ध्वम् । तृ॒प्ताः । या॒त॒ । प॒थिऽभिः॑ । दे॒व॒ऽयानैः॑ ॥
वाजेवाजे । अवत । वाजिनः । नः । धनेषु । विप्राः । अमृताः । ऋतज्ञाः । अस्य । मध्वः । पिबत । मादयध्वम् । तृप्ताः । यात । पथिभिः । देवयानैः ॥
vāje--vāje | avata | vājinaḥ | naḥ | dhaneṣu | viprāḥ | amṛtāḥ | ṛta-jñāḥ | asya | madhvaḥ | pibata | mādayadhvam | tṛptāḥ | yāta | pathi-bhiḥ | deva-yānaiḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 7.38.8 English analysis of grammar]

vāje < vāja

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“prize; Vāja; reward; reward; Ribhus; vigor; strength; contest.”

vāje < vāja

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“prize; Vāja; reward; reward; Ribhus; vigor; strength; contest.”

'vata < avata < av

[verb], plural, Present imperative

“support; help; prefer; prefer; like.”

vājino < vājinaḥ < vājin

[noun], vocative, plural, masculine

“horse; bird; seven; hero; achiever; aphrodisiac.”

no < naḥ < mad

[noun], accusative, plural

“I; mine.”

dhaneṣu < dhana

[noun], locative, plural, neuter

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

viprā < viprāḥ < vipra

[noun], vocative, plural, masculine

“Brahmin; poet; singer; priest; guru; Vipra.”

amṛtā < amṛtāḥ < amṛta

[noun], vocative, plural, masculine

“immortal; amṛta; imperishable.”

ṛtajñāḥ < ṛta

[noun], neuter

“truth; order; fixed order; ṛta [word]; law; custom; custom.”

ṛtajñāḥ < jñāḥ < jña

[noun], vocative, plural, masculine

“conversant(p); aware(p); wise.”

asya < idam

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

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

madhvaḥ < madhu

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“honey; alcohol; sweet; nectar; madhu [word].”

pibata <

[verb], plural, Present imperative

“drink; gulp; soak; drink; suck; inhale.”

mādayadhvaṃ < mādayadhvam < māday < √mad

[verb], plural, Present imperative

“delight; enjoy; intoxicate.”

tṛptā < tṛptāḥ < tṛp

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“satiate; enjoy; delight.”

yāta <

[verb], plural, Present imperative

“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”

pathibhir < pathibhiḥ < pathin

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“way; road; path [word]; journey; method.”

devayānaiḥ < deva

[noun], masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

devayānaiḥ < yānaiḥ < yāna

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“vehicle; journey; campaign; carriage; vessel; cart.”

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