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 8.1.22

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

शेवा॑रे॒ वार्या॑ पु॒रु दे॒वो मर्ता॑य दा॒शुषे॑ । स सु॑न्व॒ते च॑ स्तुव॒ते च॑ रासते वि॒श्वगू॑र्तो अरिष्टु॒तः ॥
शेवारे वार्या पुरु देवो मर्ताय दाशुषे । स सुन्वते च स्तुवते च रासते विश्वगूर्तो अरिष्टुतः ॥
śevāre vāryā puru devo martāya dāśuṣe | sa sunvate ca stuvate ca rāsate viśvagūrto ariṣṭutaḥ ||

English translation:

“The divine (Indra), the accomplisher of all aims, the glorified by his foes, gives vast treasures to themortal who presents offerings at the sacrifice, to him who pours out the libation, who hymns his praise.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Glorifiedby his foes: ari = prerayitrī, one who utters a hymn

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): medhātithimedhyātithī kāṇvau;
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdbṛhatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

शेवा॑रे । वार्या॑ । पु॒रु । दे॒वः । मर्ता॑य । दा॒शुषे॑ । सः । सु॒न्व॒ते । च॒ । स्तु॒व॒ते । च॒ । रा॒स॒ते॒ । वि॒श्वऽगू॑र्तः । अ॒रि॒ऽस्तु॒तः ॥
शेवारे । वार्या । पुरु । देवः । मर्ताय । दाशुषे । सः । सुन्वते । च । स्तुवते । च । रासते । विश्वगूर्तः । अरिस्तुतः ॥
śevāre | vāryā | puru | devaḥ | martāya | dāśuṣe | saḥ | sunvate | ca | stuvate | ca | rāsate | viśva-gūrtaḥ | ari-stutaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.1.22 English analysis of grammar]

śevāre < śevāra

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

vāryā < vārya

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“wealth.”

puru

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“many; much(a); very.”

devo < devaḥ < deva

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

martāya < marta

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“man.”

dāśuṣe < dāś

[verb noun], dative, singular

“sacrifice; give.”

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.”

sunvate < su

[verb noun], dative, singular

“press out; su.”

ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

stuvate < stu

[verb noun], dative, singular

“laud; praise; declare; stu.”

ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

rāsate <

[verb], singular, Aorist conj./subj.

“give; impart.”

viśvagūrto < viśva

[noun]

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

viśvagūrto < gūrtaḥ < gur

[verb noun], nominative, singular

ariṣṭutaḥ < ariṣṭuta

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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