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 8.12.33
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सु॒वीर्यं॒ स्वश्व्यं॑ सु॒गव्य॑मिन्द्र दद्धि नः । होते॑व पू॒र्वचि॑त्तये॒ प्राध्व॒रे ॥
सुवीर्यं स्वश्व्यं सुगव्यमिन्द्र दद्धि नः । होतेव पूर्वचित्तये प्राध्वरे ॥
suvīryaṃ svaśvyaṃ sugavyam indra daddhi naḥ | hoteva pūrvacittaye prādhvare ||
English translation:
“Bestow upon us, Indra, (wealth), comprising worthy male ofspring, excellent horses, and good cattle;like the ministrant priest (I worship you) at the sacrifice, (to secure) your prior consideration.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): parvataḥ kāṇvaḥ [parvata kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): svarāḍārcyuṣnik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सु॒ऽवीर्य॑म् । सु॒ऽअश्व्य॑म् । सु॒ऽगव्य॑म् । इ॒न्द्र॒ । द॒द्धि॒ । नः॒ । होता॑ऽइव । पू॒र्वऽचि॑त्तये । प्र । अ॒ध्व॒रे ॥
सुवीर्यम् । सुअश्व्यम् । सुगव्यम् । इन्द्र । दद्धि । नः । होताइव । पूर्वचित्तये । प्र । अध्वरे ॥
su-vīryam | su-aśvyam | su-gavyam | indra | daddhi | naḥ | hotāiva | pūrva-cittaye | pra | adhvare
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.12.33 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“potency; vīrya; heroism; potency; strength; semen; power; deed; active agent; efficacy; vīryapāramitā; gold; vigor; vīrya [word]; virility; manfulness; jewel; force.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“give; add; perform; put; administer; fill into; give; ignite; put on; offer; use; fuel; pour; grant; feed; teach; construct; insert; drip; wrap; pay; hand over; lend; inflict; concentrate; sacrifice; splint; poultice; create.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Hotṛ.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[noun], dative, singular, feminine
“Pūrvacitti.”
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“yajña; ceremony; adhvara [word].”