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 8.5.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पु॒रु॒प्रि॒या ण॑ ऊ॒तये॑ पुरुम॒न्द्रा पु॑रू॒वसू॑ । स्तु॒षे कण्वा॑सो अ॒श्विना॑ ॥
पुरुप्रिया ण ऊतये पुरुमन्द्रा पुरूवसू । स्तुषे कण्वासो अश्विना ॥
purupriyā ṇa ūtaye purumandrā purūvasū | stuṣe kaṇvāso aśvinā ||

English translation:

“We, Kaṇvas, praise for our protection the many-loved, the many- delighting Aśvins, abounding inwealth.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): brahmātithiḥ kāṇvaḥ [brahmātithi kāṇva];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): aśvinau ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पु॒रु॒ऽप्रि॒या । नः॒ । ऊ॒तये॑ । पु॒रु॒ऽम॒न्द्रा । पु॒रु॒वसू॑ इति॑ पु॒रु॒ऽवसू॑ । स्तु॒षे । कण्वा॑सः । अ॒श्विना॑ ॥
पुरुप्रिया । नः । ऊतये । पुरुमन्द्रा । पुरुवसू इति पुरुवसू । स्तुषे । कण्वासः । अश्विना ॥
puru-priyā | naḥ | ūtaye | puru-mandrā | puruvasūitipuru-vasū | stuṣe | kaṇvāsaḥ | aśvinā

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.5.4 English analysis of grammar]

purupriyā < puru

[noun]

“many; much(a); very.”

purupriyā < priyā < priya

[noun], accusative, dual, masculine

“beloved; pleasant; dear; fond(p); wanted; priya [word]; favorite; good; liked; suitable; proper.”

ṇa < naḥ < mad

[noun], genitive, plural

“I; mine.”

ūtaye < ūti

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

“aid; favor; ūti [word].”

purumandrā < puru

[noun]

“many; much(a); very.”

purumandrā < mandrā < mandra

[noun], accusative, dual, masculine

“pleasant; eloquent; dulcet.”

purūvasū < purūvasu

[noun], accusative, dual, masculine

“rich.”

stuṣe < stu

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“laud; praise; declare; stu.”

kaṇvāso < kaṇvāsaḥ < kaṇva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“Kaṇva; Kaṇva; kaṇva [word].”

aśvinā < aśvin

[noun], accusative, dual, masculine

“Asvins; two.”

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