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 8.6.28

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उ॒प॒ह्व॒रे गि॑री॒णां सं॑ग॒थे च॑ न॒दीना॑म् । धि॒या विप्रो॑ अजायत ॥
उपह्वरे गिरीणां संगथे च नदीनाम् । धिया विप्रो अजायत ॥
upahvare girīṇāṃ saṃgathe ca nadīnām | dhiyā vipro ajāyata ||

English translation:

“The wise (Indra) has been engendered by holy rites on the skirts of the mountains, at the confluence ofrivers.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

The wise Indra: vipra, the sage, Indra; or, medhāvi somaḥ;

Dhiyā = understanding; Soma is producedby the thought that wise men will perform the sacrifice by me. The purport of the ṛca: men ought to sacrifice inthose plural ces where Indra is manifested

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उ॒प॒ऽह्व॒रे । गि॒री॒णाम् । स॒म्ऽग॒थे । च॒ । न॒दीना॑म् । धि॒या । विप्रः॑ । अ॒जा॒य॒त॒ ॥
उपह्वरे । गिरीणाम् । सम्गथे । च । नदीनाम् । धिया । विप्रः । अजायत ॥
upa-hvare | girīṇām | sam-gathe | ca | nadīnām | dhiyā | vipraḥ | ajāyata

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.6.28 English analysis of grammar]

upahvare < upahvara

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“proximity.”

girīṇāṃ < girīṇām < giri

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“mountain; adri; rock; giri [word]; hill; śilājatu.”

saṃgathe < saṃgatha

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

nadīnām < nadī

[noun], genitive, plural, feminine

“river; nadī; nadī [word]; Premna spinosa Roxb..”

dhiyā < dhī

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“intelligence; prayer; mind; insight; idea; hymn; purpose; art; knowledge.”

vipro < vipraḥ < vipra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Brahmin; poet; singer; priest; guru; Vipra.”

ajāyata < jan

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”

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