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 8.6.10
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒हमिद्धि पि॒तुष्परि॑ मे॒धामृ॒तस्य॑ ज॒ग्रभ॑ । अ॒हं सूर्य॑ इवाजनि ॥
अहमिद्धि पितुष्परि मेधामृतस्य जग्रभ । अहं सूर्य इवाजनि ॥
aham id dhi pituṣ pari medhām ṛtasya jagrabha | ahaṃ sūrya ivājani ||
English translation:
“I have verily acquired the favour of the true protector (Indra); I have become (bright) as the sun.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vatsaḥ kāṇvaḥ [vatsa kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒हम् । इत् । हि । पि॒तुः । परि॑ । मे॒धाम् । ऋ॒तस्य॑ । ज॒ग्रभ॑ । अ॒हम् । सूर्यः॑ऽइव । अ॒ज॒नि॒ ॥
अहम् । इत् । हि । पितुः । परि । मेधाम् । ऋतस्य । जग्रभ । अहम् । सूर्यःइव । अजनि ॥
aham | it | hi | pituḥ | pari | medhām | ṛtasya | jagrabha | aham | sūryaḥ-iva | ajani
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.6.10 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular
“I; mine.”
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[adverb]
“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“father; Pitṛ; ancestor; parent; paternal ancestor; pitṛ [word]; forefather.”
[adverb]
“from; about; around.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“intelligence; medhā [word]; Medhā.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“truth; order; fixed order; ṛta [word]; law; custom; custom.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“take; grasp; take out; extract; perceive; pick; assume; include; accept; understand; use; learn; possess; keep; choose; accept; afflict; suck; paralyze; mention; mistake; eat; wear; embrace; fill into; capture; eclipse; get; collect; hand down; marry; heed; touch.”
[noun], nominative, singular
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[verb], singular, Aorist passive
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”