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 8.5.24

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ताभि॒रा या॑तमू॒तिभि॒र्नव्य॑सीभिः सुश॒स्तिभि॑: । यद्वां॑ वृषण्वसू हु॒वे ॥
ताभिरा यातमूतिभिर्नव्यसीभिः सुशस्तिभिः । यद्वां वृषण्वसू हुवे ॥
tābhir ā yātam ūtibhir navyasībhiḥ suśastibhiḥ | yad vāṃ vṛṣaṇvasū huve ||

English translation:

“Rich in showers, come with your newest and most excellent protections when I call upon you.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ताभिः॑ । आ । या॒त॒म् । ऊ॒तिऽभिः॑ । नव्य॑सीभिः । सु॒श॒स्तिऽभिः॑ । यत् । वा॒म् । वृ॒ष॒ण्व॒सू॒ इति॑ वृषण्ऽवसू । हु॒वे ॥
ताभिः । आ । यातम् । ऊतिभिः । नव्यसीभिः । सुशस्तिभिः । यत् । वाम् । वृषण्वसू इति वृषण्वसू । हुवे ॥
tābhiḥ | ā | yātam | ūti-bhiḥ | navyasībhiḥ | suśasti-bhiḥ | yat | vām | vṛṣaṇvasūitivṛṣaṇ-vasū | huve

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.5.24 English analysis of grammar]

tābhir < tābhiḥ < tad

[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

yātam <

[verb], dual, Present imperative

“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”

ūtibhir < ūtibhiḥ < ūti

[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine

“aid; favor; ūti [word].”

navyasībhiḥ < navyas

[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine

“new.”

suśastibhiḥ < su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

suśastibhiḥ < śastibhiḥ < śasti

[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine

“hymn; praise.”

yad < yat

[adverb]

“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”

vāṃ < vām < tvad

[noun], accusative, dual

“you.”

vṛṣaṇvasū < vṛṣaṇvasu

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

“affluent.”

huve < hvā

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“raise; call on; call; summon.”

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