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 8.6.31
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
कण्वा॑स इन्द्र ते म॒तिं विश्वे॑ वर्धन्ति॒ पौंस्य॑म् । उ॒तो श॑विष्ठ॒ वृष्ण्य॑म् ॥
कण्वास इन्द्र ते मतिं विश्वे वर्धन्ति पौंस्यम् । उतो शविष्ठ वृष्ण्यम् ॥
kaṇvāsa indra te matiṃ viśve vardhanti pauṃsyam | uto śaviṣṭha vṛṣṇyam ||
English translation:
“All the Kaṇvas, Indra, magnify your wisdom, your manhood, and, most mighty one, your strength.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vatsaḥ kāṇvaḥ [vatsa kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): virāḍārṣīgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
कण्वा॑सः । इ॒न्द्र॒ । ते॒ । म॒तिम् । विश्वे॑ । व॒र्ध॒न्ति॒ । पौंस्य॑म् । उ॒तो इति॑ । श॒वि॒ष्ठ॒ । वृष्ण्य॑म् ॥
कण्वासः । इन्द्र । ते । मतिम् । विश्वे । वर्धन्ति । पौंस्यम् । उतो इति । शविष्ठ । वृष्ण्यम् ॥
kaṇvāsaḥ | indra | te | matim | viśve | vardhanti | paiṃsyam | uto iti | śaviṣṭha | vṛṣṇyam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.6.31 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Kaṇva; Kaṇva; kaṇva [word].”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“intelligence; decision; mind; hymn; purpose; idea; opinion; belief; desire; wish; conviction; plan; devotion.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“manfulness; deed; army; strength.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”
[adverb]
“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“mighty.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“manfulness; virility.”