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 8.13.8
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
क्रीळ॑न्त्यस्य सू॒नृता॒ आपो॒ न प्र॒वता॑ य॒तीः । अ॒या धि॒या य उ॒च्यते॒ पति॑र्दि॒वः ॥
क्रीळन्त्यस्य सूनृता आपो न प्रवता यतीः । अया धिया य उच्यते पतिर्दिवः ॥
krīḻanty asya sūnṛtā āpo na pravatā yatīḥ | ayā dhiyā ya ucyate patir divaḥ ||
English translation:
“The kind and true words of him who in this hymn is called the lord of heaven sport like waters flowingby a downward (channel).”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): nāradaḥ kāṇvaḥ [nārada kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛduṣṇik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
क्रीळ॑न्ति । अ॒स्य॒ । सू॒नृताः॑ । आपः॑ । न । प्र॒ऽवता॑ । य॒तीः । अ॒या । धि॒या । यः । उ॒च्यते॑ । पतिः॑ । दि॒वः ॥
क्रीळन्ति । अस्य । सूनृताः । आपः । न । प्रवता । यतीः । अया । धिया । यः । उच्यते । पतिः । दिवः ॥
krīḷanti | asya | sūnṛtāḥ | āpaḥ | na | pra-vatā | yatīḥ | ayā | dhiyā | yaḥ | ucyate | patiḥ | divaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.13.8 English analysis of grammar]
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“frolic; love; play; amuse.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“liberality.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“slope; river.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“intelligence; prayer; mind; insight; idea; hymn; purpose; art; knowledge.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[verb], singular, Indikativ Pr￤s. Passiv
“say; describe; name; tell; address; enumerate; call; state; teach; explain; say; declare; speak; define; declare; order; address; recommend; answer; deem; recite; approve; proclaim; indicate; determine; mention; designate.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“husband; overlord; king; deity; īśvara; ruler; pati [word]; commanding officer; leader; owner; mayor; lord.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”