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 8.6.21

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्वामिच्छ॑वसस्पते॒ कण्वा॑ उ॒क्थेन॑ वावृधुः । त्वां सु॒तास॒ इन्द॑वः ॥
त्वामिच्छवसस्पते कण्वा उक्थेन वावृधुः । त्वां सुतास इन्दवः ॥
tvām ic chavasas pate kaṇvā ukthena vāvṛdhuḥ | tvāṃ sutāsa indavaḥ ||

English translation:

“Lord of strength, the Kaṇvas verily invigorate you by praise; the effused Soma (invigorates) you.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vatsaḥ kāṇvaḥ [vatsa kāṇva];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): virāḍārṣīgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्वाम् । इत् । श॒व॒सः॒ । प॒ते॒ । कण्वाः॑ । उ॒क्थेन॑ । व॒वृ॒धुः॒ । त्वाम् । सु॒तासः॑ । इन्द॑वः ॥
त्वाम् । इत् । शवसः । पते । कण्वाः । उक्थेन । ववृधुः । त्वाम् । सुतासः । इन्दवः ॥
tvām | it | śavasaḥ | pate | kaṇvāḥ | ukthena | vavṛdhuḥ | tvām | sutāsaḥ | indavaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.6.21 English analysis of grammar]

tvām < tvad

[noun], accusative, singular

“you.”

icchavasas < id

[adverb]

“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”

icchavasas < śavasaḥ < śavas

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“strength; power; superiority.”

pate < pati

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“husband; overlord; king; deity; īśvara; ruler; pati [word]; commanding officer; leader; owner; mayor; lord.”

kaṇvā < kaṇvāḥ < kaṇva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“Kaṇva; Kaṇva; kaṇva [word].”

ukthena < uktha

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“hymn; praise; uktha [word]; encomium.”

vāvṛdhuḥ < vṛdh

[verb], plural, Perfect indicative

“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”

tvāṃ < tvām < tvad

[noun], accusative, singular

“you.”

sutāsa < sutāsaḥ < su

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“press out; su.”

indavaḥ < indu

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“moon; Soma; drop; anusvāra; one; Candra; silver; camphor; point; juice.”

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