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 8.2.41

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

शिक्षा॑ विभिन्दो अस्मै च॒त्वार्य॒युता॒ दद॑त् । अ॒ष्टा प॒रः स॒हस्रा॑ ॥
शिक्षा विभिन्दो अस्मै चत्वार्ययुता ददत् । अष्टा परः सहस्रा ॥
śikṣā vibhindo asmai catvāry ayutā dadat | aṣṭā paraḥ sahasrā ||

English translation:

“Liberal Vibhindu, you have given to me four times ten thousand, and afterwards eight thousand.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): medhātithiḥ [medhātithi];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): vibhindordānastutiḥ ;
Chandas (meter): pādanicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

शिक्ष॑ । वि॒भि॒न्दो॒ इति॑ विऽभिन्दो । अ॒स्मै॒ । च॒त्वारि॑ । अ॒युता॑ । दद॑त् । अ॒ष्ट । प॒रः । स॒हस्रा॑ ॥
शिक्ष । विभिन्दो इति विभिन्दो । अस्मै । चत्वारि । अयुता । ददत् । अष्ट । परः । सहस्रा ॥
śikṣa | vibhindo itivi-bhindo | asmai | catvāri | ayutā | dadat | aṣṭa | paraḥ | sahasrā

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.2.41 English analysis of grammar]

śikṣā < śikṣa < śikṣ

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“help; give.”

vibhindo < vibhindu

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

asmai < idam

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

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

catvāry < catvāri < catur

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“four; catur [word].”

ayutā < ayuta

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“ayuta.”

dadat <

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“give; add; perform; put; administer; fill into; give; ignite; put on; offer; use; fuel; pour; grant; feed; teach; construct; insert; drip; wrap; pay; hand over; lend; inflict; concentrate; sacrifice; splint; poultice; create.”

aṣṭā < aṣṭa < aṣṭan

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“eight; eighth; aṣṭan [word].”

paraḥ < paras

[adverb]

“beyond; away; farther.”

sahasrā < sahasra

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“thousand; one-thousandth; sahasra [word].”

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