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 8.7.19

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इ॒मा उ॑ वः सुदानवो घृ॒तं न पि॒प्युषी॒रिष॑: । वर्धा॑न्का॒ण्वस्य॒ मन्म॑भिः ॥
इमा उ वः सुदानवो घृतं न पिप्युषीरिषः । वर्धान्काण्वस्य मन्मभिः ॥
imā u vaḥ sudānavo ghṛtaṃ na pipyuṣīr iṣaḥ | vardhān kāṇvasya manmabhiḥ ||

English translation:

“Munificent (Maruts), may these (sacrificial) viands, nutritious as butter, together with the praises of thedescendant of Kaṇva, afford you augmentation.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): punarvatsaḥ kāṇvaḥ [punarvatsa kāṇva];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): marūtaḥ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इ॒माः । ऊँ॒म् । वः॒ । सु॒ऽदा॒न॒वः॒ । घृ॒तम् । न । पि॒ष्युषीः॑ । इषः॑ । वर्धा॑न् । का॒ण्वस्य॑ । मन्म॑ऽभिः ॥
इमाः । ऊँम् । वः । सुदानवः । घृतम् । न । पिष्युषीः । इषः । वर्धान् । काण्वस्य । मन्मभिः ॥
imāḥ | oṃm | vaḥ | su-dānavaḥ | ghṛtam | na | piṣyuṣīḥ | iṣaḥ | vardhān | kāṇvasya | manma-bhiḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.7.19 English analysis of grammar]

imā < imāḥ < idam

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

u

[adverb]

“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”

vaḥ < tvad

[noun], accusative, plural

“you.”

sudānavo < sudānavaḥ < sudānu

[noun], vocative, plural, masculine

“big; lavish.”

ghṛtaṃ < ghṛtam < ghṛta

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“ghee; fat.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

pipyuṣīr < pipyuṣīḥ < pyā

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“swell; abound; swell.”

iṣaḥ < iṣ

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“refreshment; enjoyment; stores.”

vardhān < vṛdh

[verb], plural, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)

“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”

kāṇvasya < kāṇva

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

manmabhiḥ < manman

[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter

“hymn; idea; purpose.”

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