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 8.13.7
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्र॒त्न॒वज्ज॑नया॒ गिर॑: शृणु॒धी ज॑रि॒तुर्हव॑म् । मदे॑मदे ववक्षिथा सु॒कृत्व॑ने ॥
प्रत्नवज्जनया गिरः शृणुधी जरितुर्हवम् । मदेमदे ववक्षिथा सुकृत्वने ॥
pratnavaj janayā giraḥ śṛṇudhī jaritur havam | made-made vavakṣithā sukṛtvane ||
English translation:
“genitive rate your eulogies as of old; hear the invocation of the adorer; you bear in your reiteratedexultation (blessings) to the liberal donor (of the oblation).”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Genitive rate your eulogies: i.e.,by granting the expectedfruits
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): nāradaḥ kāṇvaḥ [nārada kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): uṣṇik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्र॒त्न॒ऽवत् । ज॒न॒य॒ । गिरः॑ । शृ॒णु॒धि । ज॒रि॒तुः । हव॑म् । मदे॑ऽमदे । व॒व॒क्षि॒थ॒ । सु॒ऽकृत्व॑ने ॥
प्रत्नवत् । जनय । गिरः । शृणुधि । जरितुः । हवम् । मदेमदे । ववक्षिथ । सुकृत्वने ॥
pratna-vat | janaya | giraḥ | śṛṇudhi | jarituḥ | havam | made--made | vavakṣitha | su-kṛtvane
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.13.7 English analysis of grammar]
[noun]
“age-old; pratna [word].”
[adverb]
“equally; like.”
[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“cause; give birth; produce; beget; generate; originate; create; create; make.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“hymn; praise; voice; words; invocation; command; statement; cry; language.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“listen; come to know; hear; hear; listen; study; heed; learn.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“singer.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“invocation.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“drunkenness; mada; estrus; excitement; sexual arousal; alcohol; musth; mad; mada; ecstasy; pride; drink; joy; arrogance; vivification.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“drunkenness; mada; estrus; excitement; sexual arousal; alcohol; musth; mad; mada; ecstasy; pride; drink; joy; arrogance; vivification.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“grow; grow.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“busy.”