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 8.7.8
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सृ॒जन्ति॑ र॒श्मिमोज॑सा॒ पन्थां॒ सूर्या॑य॒ यात॑वे । ते भा॒नुभि॒र्वि त॑स्थिरे ॥
सृजन्ति रश्मिमोजसा पन्थां सूर्याय यातवे । ते भानुभिर्वि तस्थिरे ॥
sṛjanti raśmim ojasā panthāṃ sūryāya yātave | te bhānubhir vi tasthire ||
English translation:
“They, who by their might open a radiant path for the sun to travel, they pervade (the world) with lustre.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): punarvatsaḥ kāṇvaḥ [punarvatsa kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): marūtaḥ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सृ॒जन्ति॑ । र॒श्मिम् । ओज॑सा । पन्था॑म् । सूर्या॑य । यात॑वे । ते । भा॒नुऽभिः॑ । वि । त॒स्थि॒रे॒ ॥
सृजन्ति । रश्मिम् । ओजसा । पन्थाम् । सूर्याय । यातवे । ते । भानुभिः । वि । तस्थिरे ॥
sṛjanti | raśmim | ojasā | panthām | sūryāya | yātave | te | bhānu-bhiḥ | vi | tasthire
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.7.8 English analysis of grammar]
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“create; shoot; discharge; free; cause; throw; emit; send; produce; use; be born; make.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“beam; rein; sunbeam; shininess; cord.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“strength; power; ojas; ojas [word]; potency; might.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“way; road; path [word]; journey; method.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”
[verb noun]
“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“sun; Surya; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sunbeam; beam; luminosity; copper; light; twelve; appearance; Bhānu; flare.”
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“stay; stand; situate; exist; [in]; resist; endure; put; soak; be; stop; adhere; get stale; concentrate; grow; trust; wake; consociate; last; dwell; lie; stand; stop.”