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 8.2.31
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ए॒वेदे॒ष तु॑विकू॒र्मिर्वाजाँ॒ एको॒ वज्र॑हस्तः । स॒नादमृ॑क्तो दयते ॥
एवेदेष तुविकूर्मिर्वाजाँ एको वज्रहस्तः । सनादमृक्तो दयते ॥
eved eṣa tuvikūrmir vājām̐ eko vajrahastaḥ | sanād amṛkto dayate ||
English translation:
“Verily this accomplisher of many acts, the chief (among the gods), the wielder of the thunderbolt, hewho has ever been unconquered, gives food (to his votaries).”
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]:
ए॒व । इत् । ए॒षः । तु॒वि॒ऽकू॒र्मिः । वाजा॑न् । एकः॑ । वज्र॑ऽहस्तः । स॒नात् । अमृ॑क्तः । द॒य॒ते॒ ॥
एव । इत् । एषः । तुविकूर्मिः । वाजान् । एकः । वज्रहस्तः । सनात् । अमृक्तः । दयते ॥
eva | it | eṣaḥ | tuvi-kūrmiḥ | vājān | ekaḥ | vajra-hastaḥ | sanāt | amṛktaḥ | dayate
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.2.31 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“indeed; merely; thus; even; surely; same; eva [word]; successively; immediately; in truth.”
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); etad [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“prize; Vāja; reward; reward; Ribhus; vigor; strength; contest.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“one; single(a); alone(p); some(a); single(a); eka [word]; alone(p); excellent; each(a); some(a); one; same; alone(p); some(a); consistent; any(a); undifferentiated; disjunct.”
[noun], masculine
“vajra; Vajra; vajra; vajra; lightning; abhra; vajramūṣā; diamond; vajra [word]; vajrakapāṭa; vajra; vaikrānta.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“hand; hand; proboscis; hasta [word]; autograph.”
[adverb]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“new; undamaged; complete.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“share.”