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 8.5.27

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ए॒ताव॑द्वां वृषण्वसू॒ अतो॑ वा॒ भूयो॑ अश्विना । गृ॒णन्त॑: सु॒म्नमी॑महे ॥
एतावद्वां वृषण्वसू अतो वा भूयो अश्विना । गृणन्तः सुम्नमीमहे ॥
etāvad vāṃ vṛṣaṇvasū ato vā bhūyo aśvinā | gṛṇantaḥ sumnam īmahe ||

English translation:

“So pariasing you, Aśvins, rich in showers, we solicit of you happiness as great or greater than that(which they obtained).”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

एताव॑त् । वा॒म् । वृ॒ष॒ण्व॒सू॒ इति॑ वृषण्ऽवसू । अतः॑ । वा॒ । भूयः॑ । अ॒श्वि॒ना॒ । गृ॒णन्तः॑ । सु॒म्नम् । ई॒म॒हे॒ ॥
एतावत् । वाम् । वृषण्वसू इति वृषण्वसू । अतः । वा । भूयः । अश्विना । गृणन्तः । सुम्नम् । ईमहे ॥
etāvat | vām | vṛṣaṇvasūitivṛṣaṇ-vasū | ataḥ | vā | bhūyaḥ | aśvinā | gṛṇantaḥ | sumnam | īmahe

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.5.27 English analysis of grammar]

etāvad < etāvat

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“such(a); such(a).”

vāṃ < vām < tvad

[noun], accusative, dual

“you.”

vṛṣaṇvasū < vṛṣaṇvasu

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

“affluent.”

ato < atas

[adverb]

“now; therefore; then; from there; hence; consequently; then; hence; henceforth.”

[adverb]

“or; optionally; either.”

bhūyo < bhūyaḥ < bhūyas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“more(a); more(a); abounding in(p); stronger; bigger.”

aśvinā < aśvin

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

“Asvins; two.”

gṛṇantaḥ < gṛ

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“praise.”

sumnam < sumna

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“favor; benevolence; sumna [word]; entreaty; favor.”

īmahe < ī < √i

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“beg; solicit.”

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