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 8.6.16
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यस्त॑ इन्द्र म॒हीर॒पः स्त॑भू॒यमा॑न॒ आश॑यत् । नि तं पद्या॑सु शिश्नथः ॥
यस्त इन्द्र महीरपः स्तभूयमान आशयत् । नि तं पद्यासु शिश्नथः ॥
yas ta indra mahīr apaḥ stabhūyamāna āśayat | ni tam padyāsu śiśnathaḥ ||
English translation:
“You, Indra, have cast into the rushing streams him who lay obstructing your copious waters.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vatsaḥ kāṇvaḥ [vatsa kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यः । ते॒ । इ॒न्द्र॒ । म॒हीः । अ॒पः । स्त॒भु॒ऽयमा॑नः । आ । अश॑यत् । नि । तम् । पद्या॑सु । शि॒श्न॒थः॒ ॥
यः । ते । इन्द्र । महीः । अपः । स्तभुयमानः । आ । अशयत् । नि । तम् । पद्यासु । शिश्नथः ॥
yaḥ | te | indra | mahīḥ | apaḥ | stabhu-yamānaḥ | ā | aśayat | ni | tam | padyāsu | śiśnathaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.6.16 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“great; firm.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“stand.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“lie; stay.”
[adverb]
“back; down.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], locative, plural, feminine
[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“pierce; kill.”