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 8.6.17
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
य इ॒मे रोद॑सी म॒ही स॑मी॒ची स॒मज॑ग्रभीत् । तमो॑भिरिन्द्र॒ तं गु॑हः ॥
य इमे रोदसी मही समीची समजग्रभीत् । तमोभिरिन्द्र तं गुहः ॥
ya ime rodasī mahī samīcī samajagrabhīt | tamobhir indra taṃ guhaḥ ||
English translation:
“You have enveloped with darkness, Indra, him who had seized upon these spacious aggregated(realms of) heaven and earth.”
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 । इ॒मे इति॑ । रोद॑सी॒ इति॑ । म॒ही इति॑ । स॒मी॒ची इति॑ स॒म्ऽई॒ची । स॒म्ऽअज॑ग्रभीत् । तमः॑ऽभिः । इ॒न्द्र॒ । तम् । गु॒हः॒ ॥
यः । इमे इति । रोदसी इति । मही इति । समीची इति सम्ईची । सम्अजग्रभीत् । तमःभिः । इन्द्र । तम् । गुहः ॥
yaḥ | ime iti | rodasī iti | mahī iti | samīcī itisam-īcī | sam-ajagrabhīt | tamaḥ-bhiḥ | indra | tam | guhaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.6.17 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], accusative, dual, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], accusative, dual, feminine
“heaven and earth; Earth.”
[noun], accusative, dual, feminine
“great; firm.”
[noun], accusative, dual, feminine
“conjugate; united.”
[verb], singular, Plusquamperfect
“take; pick; collect; sum up; reign; harness; catch; gather; extract; curb; choose.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter
“dark; darkness; Tamas; tamas [word]; faint; tamas; gloom; ignorance.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[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.”
[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“hide; cover; conceal; shroud; obscure.”