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 8.3.21
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यं मे॒ दुरिन्द्रो॑ म॒रुत॒: पाक॑स्थामा॒ कौर॑याणः । विश्वे॑षां॒ त्मना॒ शोभि॑ष्ठ॒मुपे॑व दि॒वि धाव॑मानम् ॥
यं मे दुरिन्द्रो मरुतः पाकस्थामा कौरयाणः । विश्वेषां त्मना शोभिष्ठमुपेव दिवि धावमानम् ॥
yam me dur indro marutaḥ pākasthāmā kaurayāṇaḥ | viśveṣāṃ tmanā śobhiṣṭham upeva divi dhāvamānam ||
English translation:
“Such wealth as Indra and the Maruts have bestowed upon me, such has Pākasthāman, the son ofKurayāṇa, bestowed, of itself the most magnificent of all, like the quick-moving (sun) in the sky.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): medhyātithiḥ kāṇvaḥ [medhyātithi kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pākasthāmnaḥ kaurayāṇasya dānastutiḥ ;
Chandas (meter): bhuriganuṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यम् । मे॒ । दुः । इन्द्रः॑ । म॒रुतः॑ । पाक॑ऽस्थामा । कौर॑याणः । विश्वे॑षाम् । त्मना॑ । शोभि॑ष्ठम् । उप॑ऽइव । दि॒वि । धाव॑मानम् ॥
यम् । मे । दुः । इन्द्रः । मरुतः । पाकस्थामा । कौरयाणः । विश्वेषाम् । त्मना । शोभिष्ठम् । उपइव । दिवि । धावमानम् ॥
yam | me | duḥ | indraḥ | marutaḥ | pāka-sthāmā | kaurayāṇaḥ | viśveṣām | tmanā | śobh iṣṭham | upa-iva | divi | dhāvamānam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.3.21 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], dative, singular
“I; mine.”
[verb], plural, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“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.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“self.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[adverb]
“towards; on; next.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“run; run; wash.”