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 8.6.34
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒भि कण्वा॑ अनूष॒तापो॒ न प्र॒वता॑ य॒तीः । इन्द्रं॒ वन॑न्वती म॒तिः ॥
अभि कण्वा अनूषतापो न प्रवता यतीः । इन्द्रं वनन्वती मतिः ॥
abhi kaṇvā anūṣatāpo na pravatā yatīḥ | indraṃ vananvatī matiḥ ||
English translation:
“The Kaṇvas glorify Indra; like waters rushing down a declivity, praise spontaneously seeks Indra.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vatsaḥ kāṇvaḥ [vatsa kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒भि । कण्वाः॑ । अ॒नू॒ष॒त॒ । आपः॑ । न । प्र॒ऽवता॑ । य॒तीः । इन्द्र॑म् । वन॑न्ऽवती । म॒तिः ॥
अभि । कण्वाः । अनूषत । आपः । न । प्रवता । यतीः । इन्द्रम् । वनन्वती । मतिः ॥
abhi | kaṇvāḥ | anūṣata | āpaḥ | na | pra-vatā | yatīḥ | indram | vanan-vatī | matiḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.6.34 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; on.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Kaṇva; Kaṇva; kaṇva [word].”
[verb], plural, Athematic s aor. (Ind.)
“praise; shout.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“slope; river.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“intelligence; decision; mind; hymn; purpose; idea; opinion; belief; desire; wish; conviction; plan; devotion.”