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 8.5.8
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
येभि॑स्ति॒स्रः प॑रा॒वतो॑ दि॒वो विश्वा॑नि रोच॒ना । त्रीँर॒क्तून्प॑रि॒दीय॑थः ॥
येभिस्तिस्रः परावतो दिवो विश्वानि रोचना । त्रीँरक्तून्परिदीयथः ॥
yebhis tisraḥ parāvato divo viśvāni rocanā | trīm̐r aktūn paridīyathaḥ ||
English translation:
“With which in three days and three nights you traverse from afar all the brilliant (constellations).”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): brahmātithiḥ kāṇvaḥ [brahmātithi kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): aśvinau ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
येभिः॑ । ति॒स्रः । प॒रा॒ऽवतः॑ । दि॒वः । विश्वा॑नि । रो॒च॒ना । त्रीन् । अ॒क्तून् । प॒रि॒ऽदीय॑थः ॥
येभिः । तिस्रः । परावतः । दिवः । विश्वानि । रोचना । त्रीन् । अक्तून् । परिदीयथः ॥
yebhiḥ | tisraḥ | parāvataḥ | divaḥ | viśvāni | rocanā | trīn | aktūn | pari-dīyathaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.5.8 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“three; tri/tisṛ [word].”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“distance; distance; distance.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“light; celestial sphere.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“three; tri/tisṛ [word].”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“night; dark; beam.”
[verb], dual, Present indikative