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 8.2.18

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इ॒च्छन्ति॑ दे॒वाः सु॒न्वन्तं॒ न स्वप्ना॑य स्पृहयन्ति । यन्ति॑ प्र॒माद॒मत॑न्द्राः ॥
इच्छन्ति देवाः सुन्वन्तं न स्वप्नाय स्पृहयन्ति । यन्ति प्रमादमतन्द्राः ॥
icchanti devāḥ sunvantaṃ na svapnāya spṛhayanti | yanti pramādam atandrāḥ ||

English translation:

“The gods love the man who offers libations, they desire not to (let him) sleep, thence they, unslothful,obtain the inebriating Soma.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): medhātithiḥ kāṇvaḥ priyamedhaścāṅgirasaḥ [medhātithi kāṇva priyamedhaścāṅgirasa];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): ārṣīgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इ॒च्छन्ति॑ । दे॒वाः । सु॒न्वन्त॑म् । न । स्वप्ना॑य । स्पृ॒ह॒य॒न्ति॒ । यन्ति॑ । प्र॒ऽमाद॑म् । अत॑न्द्राः ॥
इच्छन्ति । देवाः । सुन्वन्तम् । न । स्वप्नाय । स्पृहयन्ति । यन्ति । प्रमादम् । अतन्द्राः ॥
icchanti | devāḥ | sunvantam | na | svapnāya | spṛhayanti | yanti | pra-mādam | atandrāḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.2.18 English analysis of grammar]

icchanti < iṣ

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“desire; recommend; approve; seek; call; search; try; prefer; love; commend; assent; permit; choose.”

devāḥ < deva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

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

sunvantaṃ < sunvantam < su

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“press out; su.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

svapnāya < svapna

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“dream; sleep.”

spṛhayanti < spṛhay < √spṛh

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“envy; desire.”

yanti < i

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”

pramādam < pramāda

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“carelessness; erroneousness; negligence; insanity; drunkenness; unmindfulness.”

atandrāḥ < atandra

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“untired.”

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