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 8.7.34

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

गि॒रय॑श्चि॒न्नि जि॑हते॒ पर्शा॑नासो॒ मन्य॑मानाः । पर्व॑ताश्चि॒न्नि ये॑मिरे ॥
गिरयश्चिन्नि जिहते पर्शानासो मन्यमानाः । पर्वताश्चिन्नि येमिरे ॥
girayaś cin ni jihate parśānāso manyamānāḥ | parvatāś cin ni yemire ||

English translation:

“The hills, oppressed and agitated by them, move (from their plural ces), the mountains are restraineḍ”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Girayo nijihate parvatāścin niyemire: nijihate = nitarām gacchanti marudvegena sthānāt pracyavante, by theviolence of the winds they fall from plural ce;

Niyemire = niyamyante;

Parvatāḥ = meghāḥ, the clouds, or largehills, mahāntāḥ śīloccayāḥ, in contract to girayaḥ = kṣudrāḥ śīloccayāḥ, small heaps of rock

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

गि॒रयः॑ । चि॒त् । नि । जि॒ह॒ते॒ । पर्शा॑नासः । मन्य॑मानाः । पर्व॑ताः । चि॒त् । नि । ये॒मि॒रे॒ ॥
गिरयः । चित् । नि । जिहते । पर्शानासः । मन्यमानाः । पर्वताः । चित् । नि । येमिरे ॥
girayaḥ | cit | ni | jihate | parśānāsaḥ | manyamānāḥ | parvatāḥ | cit | ni | yemi re

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.7.34 English analysis of grammar]

girayaś < girayaḥ < giri

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“mountain; adri; rock; giri [word]; hill; śilājatu.”

cin < cit

[adverb]

“even; indeed.”

ni

[adverb]

“back; down.”

jihate <

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“move over; yield; give way.”

parśānāso < parśānāsaḥ < parśāna

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

manyamānāḥ < man

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“think of; name; believe; teach; honor; deem; recommend; approve; think; define; call; respect; believe; enumerate; understand; see; describe.”

parvatāś < parvatāḥ < parvata

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“mountain; Parvata; parvata [word]; Parvata; Parvata; rock; height.”

cin < cit

[adverb]

“even; indeed.”

ni

[adverb]

“back; down.”

yemire < yam

[verb], plural, Perfect indicative

“concentrate; grant; restrain; cause; control; offer; cover; raise.”

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