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 8.2.29
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स्तुत॑श्च॒ यास्त्वा॒ वर्ध॑न्ति म॒हे राध॑से नृ॒म्णाय॑ । इन्द्र॑ का॒रिणं॑ वृ॒धन्त॑: ॥
स्तुतश्च यास्त्वा वर्धन्ति महे राधसे नृम्णाय । इन्द्र कारिणं वृधन्तः ॥
stutaś ca yās tvā vardhanti mahe rādhase nṛmṇāya | indra kāriṇaṃ vṛdhantaḥ ||
English translation:
“They who praising you magnify you, Indra, the instrumental tutor of rites, and those (hymns which glorify) youhave (for their object) great riches and strength.”
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]:
स्तुतः॑ । च॒ । याः । त्वा॒ । वर्ध॑न्ति । म॒हे । राध॑से । नृ॒म्णाय॑ । इन्द्र॑ । का॒रिण॑म् । वृ॒धन्तः॑ ॥
स्तुतः । च । याः । त्वा । वर्धन्ति । महे । राधसे । नृम्णाय । इन्द्र । कारिणम् । वृधन्तः ॥
stutaḥ | ca | yāḥ | tvā | vardhanti | mahe | rādhase | nṛmṇāya | indra | kāriṇam | vṛdhantaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.2.29 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“stut [word].”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”
[noun], dative, singular, neuter
“great; great; distinguished; much(a); adult; long; high.”
[noun], dative, singular, neuter
“gift; munificence; liberality; bounty.”
[noun], dative, singular, neuter
“manhood; power.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“causing; making; acting; performing; producing; doing.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”