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 8.6.37
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वामिद्वृ॑त्रहन्तम॒ जना॑सो वृ॒क्तब॑र्हिषः । हव॑न्ते॒ वाज॑सातये ॥
त्वामिद्वृत्रहन्तम जनासो वृक्तबर्हिषः । हवन्ते वाजसातये ॥
tvām id vṛtrahantama janāso vṛktabarhiṣaḥ | havante vājasātaye ||
English translation:
“Destroyer of Vṛtra, men strewing the clipped sacred grass invoke you for the obtaining of food.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vatsaḥ kāṇvaḥ [vatsa kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वाम् । इत् । वृ॒त्र॒ह॒न्ऽत॒म॒ । जना॑सः । वृ॒क्तऽब॑र्हिषः । हव॑न्ते । वाज॑ऽसातये ॥
त्वाम् । इत् । वृत्रहन्तम । जनासः । वृक्तबर्हिषः । हवन्ते । वाजसातये ॥
tvām | it | vṛtrahan-tama | janāsaḥ | vṛkta-barhiṣaḥ | havante | vāja-sātaye
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.6.37 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[noun], masculine
“enemy.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“killing.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“people; national; man; relative; jan; Janaloka; person; jana [word]; man; attendant; Jana; foreigner; inhabitant; group.”
[verb noun]
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Barhis; barhis [word].”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“raise; call on; call; summon.”
[noun], dative, singular, feminine
“victory; battle.”