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 8.12.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इ॒मं जु॑षस्व गिर्वणः समु॒द्र इ॑व पिन्वते । इन्द्र॒ विश्वा॑भिरू॒तिभि॑र्व॒वक्षि॑थ ॥
इमं जुषस्व गिर्वणः समुद्र इव पिन्वते । इन्द्र विश्वाभिरूतिभिर्ववक्षिथ ॥
imaṃ juṣasva girvaṇaḥ samudra iva pinvate | indra viśvābhir ūtibhir vavakṣitha ||
English translation:
“Be plural ased, you who are gratified by praise, with this our eulogy swelling like the oceans, (induced bywhich), Indra, you ber us with all your proections (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 । जु॒ष॒स्व॒ । गि॒र्व॒णः॒ । स॒मु॒द्रःऽइ॑व । पि॒न्व॒ते॒ । इन्द्र॑ । विश्वा॑भिः । ऊ॒तिऽभिः॑ । व॒वक्षि॑थ ॥
इमम् । जुषस्व । गिर्वणः । समुद्रःइव । पिन्वते । इन्द्र । विश्वाभिः । ऊतिभिः । ववक्षिथ ॥
imam | juṣasva | girvaṇaḥ | samudraḥ-iva | pinvate | indra | viśvābhiḥ | ūti--bhiḥ | vavakṣitha
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.12.5 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“enjoy; endow; possess; frequent; accompany; induce; consume; approve; affect; attend; befit; blend; contract.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“ocean; Samudra; sea; samudra [word]; four.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“swell; swell; overflow; abound.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“aid; favor; ūti [word].”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“grow; grow.”