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 8.9.20
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्र द्यु॒म्नाय॒ प्र शव॑से॒ प्र नृ॒षाह्या॑य॒ शर्म॑णे । प्र दक्षा॑य प्रचेतसा ॥
प्र द्युम्नाय प्र शवसे प्र नृषाह्याय शर्मणे । प्र दक्षाय प्रचेतसा ॥
pra dyumnāya pra śavase pra nṛṣāhyāya śarmaṇe | pra dakṣāya pracetasā ||
English translation:
“Endowed with great wisdom, preserve us for fame, for strength, for victory, for happiness, forprosperity.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
For victory: nṛṣāhyāya = an epithet of śarmaṇe, for happiness to be borne by men, nṛbhihsoḍhavyāya sukhāya
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śaśakarṇaḥ kāṇvaḥ [śaśakarṇa kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): aśvinau ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्र । द्यु॒म्नाय॑ । प्र । शव॑से । प्र । नृ॒ऽसह्या॑य । शर्म॑णे । प्र । दक्षा॑य । प्र॒ऽचे॒त॒सा॒ ॥
प्र । द्युम्नाय । प्र । शवसे । प्र । नृसह्याय । शर्मणे । प्र । दक्षाय । प्रचेतसा ॥
pra | dyumnāya | pra | śavase | pra | nṛ-sahyāya | śarmaṇe | pra | dakṣāya | pra-cetasā
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.9.20 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[noun], dative, singular, neuter
“magnificence.”
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[noun], dative, singular, neuter
“strength; power; superiority.”
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[noun], dative, singular, neuter
“battle.”
[noun], dative, singular, neuter
“protection; protective covering; refuge; joy.”
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“Dakṣa; ability; cock; fitness; will; purpose; disposition; cock.”
[noun], vocative, dual, masculine
“intelligent; mindful; attentive; wise; apt; observant.”