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 8.12.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इ॒मं स्तोम॑म॒भिष्ट॑ये घृ॒तं न पू॒तम॑द्रिवः । येना॒ नु स॒द्य ओज॑सा व॒वक्षि॑थ ॥
इमं स्तोममभिष्टये घृतं न पूतमद्रिवः । येना नु सद्य ओजसा ववक्षिथ ॥
imaṃ stomam abhiṣṭaye ghṛtaṃ na pūtam adrivaḥ | yenā nu sadya ojasā vavakṣitha ||

English translation:

“Accepts, thunderer, their praise (offered) for the attainment of our desires, like consecrated butter;(induced) by which, you, promptly bear us by your might (to our objects).”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): parvataḥ kāṇvaḥ [parvata kāṇva];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): uṣṇik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इ॒मम् । स्तोम॑म् । अ॒भिष्ट॑ये । घृ॒तम् । न । पू॒तम् । अ॒द्रि॒ऽवः॒ । येन॑ । नु । स॒द्यः । ओज॑सा । व॒वक्षि॑थ ॥
इमम् । स्तोमम् । अभिष्टये । घृतम् । न । पूतम् । अद्रिवः । येन । नु । सद्यः । ओजसा । ववक्षिथ ॥
imam | stomam | abhiṣṭaye | ghṛtam | na | pūtam | adri-vaḥ | yena | nu | sadyaḥ | ojasā | vavakṣitha

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.12.4 English analysis of grammar]

imaṃ < imam < idam

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

stomam < stoma

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“hymn; Stoma; stoma [word].”

abhiṣṭaye < abhiṣṭi

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

“prevalence; protection.”

ghṛtaṃ < ghṛtam < ghṛta

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“ghee; fat.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

pūtam <

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“purify; filter; blow; purify; purge; sift.”

adrivaḥ < adrivas < adrivat

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“rocky; petrous.”

yenā < yena < yad

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

nu

[adverb]

“now; already.”

sadya < sadyas

[adverb]

“immediately; just; daily; sadyas [word].”

ojasā < ojas

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“strength; power; ojas; ojas [word]; potency; might.”

vavakṣitha < vakṣ

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“grow; grow.”

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