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 7.66.8

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

रा॒या हि॑रण्य॒या म॒तिरि॒यम॑वृ॒काय॒ शव॑से । इ॒यं विप्रा॑ मे॒धसा॑तये ॥
राया हिरण्यया मतिरियमवृकाय शवसे । इयं विप्रा मेधसातये ॥
rāyā hiraṇyayā matir iyam avṛkāya śavase | iyaṃ viprā medhasātaye ||

English translation:

“May this praise (be effective) for unimpeached strength, alone with golden treasure; may it (beeffective), sages, for the fulfilment of (the objects of) the sacrifice.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

रा॒या । हि॒र॒ण्य॒ऽया । म॒तिः । इ॒यम् । अ॒वृ॒काय॑ । शव॑से । इ॒यम् । विप्रा॑ । मे॒धऽसा॑तये ॥
राया । हिरण्यया । मतिः । इयम् । अवृकाय । शवसे । इयम् । विप्रा । मेधसातये ॥
rāyā | hiraṇya-yā | matiḥ | iyam | avṛkāya | śavase | iyam | viprā | medha-sātaye

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 7.66.8 English analysis of grammar]

rāyā < rai

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“wealth; possession; rai [word]; gold.”

hiraṇyayā

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

matir < matiḥ < mati

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“intelligence; decision; mind; hymn; purpose; idea; opinion; belief; desire; wish; conviction; plan; devotion.”

iyam < idam

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

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

avṛkāya < avṛka

[noun], dative, singular, neuter

“protective; safe.”

śavase < śavas

[noun], dative, singular, neuter

“strength; power; superiority.”

iyaṃ < iyam < idam

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

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

viprā < vipra

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“eloquent; stimulated; divine.”

medhasātaye < medha

[noun], masculine

“yajña; juice.”

medhasātaye < sātaye < sāti

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

“victory; acquisition; contest.”

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