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 8.7.33

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ओ षु वृष्ण॒: प्रय॑ज्यू॒ना नव्य॑से सुवि॒ताय॑ । व॒वृ॒त्यां चि॒त्रवा॑जान् ॥
ओ षु वृष्णः प्रयज्यूना नव्यसे सुविताय । ववृत्यां चित्रवाजान् ॥
o ṣu vṛṣṇaḥ prayajyūn ā navyase suvitāya | vavṛtyāṃ citravājān ||

English translation:

“I bring to my presence, for the sake of most excellent prosperity, the showerers (of desires), theadorable (Maruts), the possessors of wonderful strength.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ओ इति॑ । सु । वृष्णः॑ । प्रऽय॑ज्यून् । आ । नव्य॑से । सु॒वि॒ताय॑ । व॒वृ॒त्याम् । चि॒त्रऽवा॑जान् ॥
ओ इति । सु । वृष्णः । प्रयज्यून् । आ । नव्यसे । सुविताय । ववृत्याम् । चित्रवाजान् ॥
o iti | su | vṛṣṇaḥ | pra-yajyūn | ā | navyase | suvitāya | vavṛtyām | citra-vājān

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.7.33 English analysis of grammar]

o < ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

o < u

[adverb]

“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”

ṣu < su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

vṛṣṇaḥ < vṛṣan

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“bull; Indra; stallion; Vṛṣan; man.”

prayajyūn < prayajyu

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

navyase < navyas

[noun], dative, singular, neuter

“new.”

suvitāya < suvita

[noun], dative, singular, neuter

“prosperity; well-being.”

vavṛtyāṃ < vavṛtyām < vṛt

[verb], singular, Perfect optative

“behave; happen; exist; return; dwell; die; roll; continue; act; exist; feed on; issue; move; travel; proceed; turn; situate; drive; account for; begin; do; inhere; revolve.”

citravājān < citra

[noun]

“manifold; extraordinary; beautiful; divers(a); varicolored; bright; bright; bright; outstanding; agitated; aglitter(p); brilliant; painted; obvious; patched; bizarre.”

citravājān < vājān < vāja

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“prize; Vāja; reward; reward; Ribhus; vigor; strength; contest.”

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