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 8.5.21
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उ॒त नो॑ दि॒व्या इष॑ उ॒त सिन्धूँ॑रहर्विदा । अप॒ द्वारे॑व वर्षथः ॥
उत नो दिव्या इष उत सिन्धूँरहर्विदा । अप द्वारेव वर्षथः ॥
uta no divyā iṣa uta sindhūm̐r aharvidā | apa dvāreva varṣathaḥ ||
English translation:
“Bringers of the day, you rain upon us by the (open) door (of the clouds) the waters of heaven, or (withthem fill) the rivers.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): brahmātithiḥ kāṇvaḥ [brahmātithi kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): aśvinau ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उ॒त । नः॒ । दि॒व्याः । इषः॑ । उ॒त । सिन्धू॑न् । अ॒हः॒ऽवि॒दा॒ । अप॑ । द्वारा॑ऽइव । व॒र्ष॒थः॒ ॥
उत । नः । दिव्याः । इषः । उत । सिन्धून् । अहःविदा । अप । द्वाराइव । वर्षथः ॥
uta | naḥ | divyāḥ | iṣaḥ | uta | sindhūn | ahaḥ-vidā | apa | dvārāiva | vaṣarthaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.5.21 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“divine; celestial; divine; heavenly; divine; beautiful; rain; agreeable.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“refreshment; enjoyment; stores.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“river; Indus; sindhu [word].”
[noun], neuter
“day; day; ahar [word]; day; day.”
[noun], vocative, dual, masculine
“conversant(p); aware(p); enlightened; understanding.”
[adverb]
“away.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“aperture; gate; door; mouth; vagina; orifice; dvāra [word]; pass; opening; means; entrance.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[verb], dual, Present indikative
“shower; rain; effuse; shower; drench.”