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 8.8.20
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
याभि॒: कण्वं॒ मेधा॑तिथिं॒ याभि॒र्वशं॒ दश॑व्रजम् । याभि॒र्गोश॑र्य॒माव॑तं॒ ताभि॑र्नोऽवतं नरा ॥
याभिः कण्वं मेधातिथिं याभिर्वशं दशव्रजम् । याभिर्गोशर्यमावतं ताभिर्नोऽवतं नरा ॥
yābhiḥ kaṇvam medhātithiṃ yābhir vaśaṃ daśavrajam | yābhir gośaryam āvataṃ tābhir no 'vataṃ narā ||
English translation:
“Leaders (of rites), protect us with those protections with which you have protected Kaṇva andMedhātithi, Viśa and Daśavraja, with which you have protected Gośarya.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Gośarya: or, śayu, whose barrencow the Aśvins enabled to give milk; cf. RV. 1.116.22
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): sadhvaṃśaḥ kāṇvaḥ [sadhvaṃśa kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): aśvinau ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdanuṣṭup;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
याभिः॑ । कण्व॑म् । मेध॑ऽअतिथिम् । याभिः॑ । वश॑म् । दश॑ऽव्रजम् । याभिः॑ । गोऽश॑र्यम् । आव॑तम् । ताभिः॑ । नः॒ । अ॒व॒त॒म् । न॒रा॒ ॥
याभिः । कण्वम् । मेधअतिथिम् । याभिः । वशम् । दशव्रजम् । याभिः । गोशर्यम् । आवतम् । ताभिः । नः । अवतम् । नरा ॥
yābhiḥ | kaṇvam | medha-atithim | yābhiḥ | vaśam | daśa-vrajam | yābhiḥ | go--śaryam | āvatam | tābhiḥ | naḥ | avatam | narā
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.8.20 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Kaṇva; Kaṇva; kaṇva [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Medhātithi; Medhātithi.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“control; dominion; influence; power; Vaśa; vaśa [word]; will; authority; control; wish; supervision.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[verb], dual, Imperfect
“support; help; prefer; prefer; like.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb], dual, Present imperative
“support; help; prefer; prefer; like.”
[noun], vocative, dual, masculine
“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”