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 8.5.12

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒स्मभ्यं॑ वाजिनीवसू म॒घव॑द्भ्यश्च स॒प्रथ॑: । छ॒र्दिर्य॑न्त॒मदा॑भ्यम् ॥
अस्मभ्यं वाजिनीवसू मघवद्भ्यश्च सप्रथः । छर्दिर्यन्तमदाभ्यम् ॥
asmabhyaṃ vājinīvasū maghavadbhyaś ca saprathaḥ | chardir yantam adābhyam ||

English translation:

“Affluent i sacrifices, grant to us who are opulent (in oblations) a spacious unassailable dwelling.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒स्मभ्य॑म् । वा॒जि॒नी॒व॒सू॒ इति॑ वाजिनीऽवसू । म॒घव॑त्ऽभ्यः । च॒ । स॒ऽप्रथः॑ । छ॒र्दिः । य॒न्त॒म् । अदा॑भ्यम् ॥
अस्मभ्यम् । वाजिनीवसू इति वाजिनीवसू । मघवत्भ्यः । च । सप्रथः । छर्दिः । यन्तम् । अदाभ्यम् ॥
asmabhyam | vājinīvasūitivājinī-vasū | maghavat-bhyaḥ | ca | sa-prathaḥ | chardiḥ | yantam | adābhyam

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.5.12 English analysis of grammar]

asmabhyaṃ < asmabhyam < mad

[noun], dative, plural

“I; mine.”

vājinīvasū < vājinīvasu

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

maghavadbhyaś < maghavadbhyaḥ < maghavan

[noun], dative, plural, masculine

“big.”

ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

saprathaḥ < saprathas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“extensive; wide; extended.”

chardir < chardiḥ < chardis

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“protection; protective covering.”

yantam < yam

[verb], dual, Aorist imperative

“concentrate; grant; restrain; cause; control; offer; cover; raise.”

adābhyam < adābhya

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“trustworthy; disabused(p).”

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