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 8.14.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

शिक्षे॑यमस्मै॒ दित्से॑यं॒ शची॑पते मनी॒षिणे॑ । यद॒हं गोप॑ति॒: स्याम् ॥
शिक्षेयमस्मै दित्सेयं शचीपते मनीषिणे । यदहं गोपतिः स्याम् ॥
śikṣeyam asmai ditseyaṃ śacīpate manīṣiṇe | yad ahaṃ gopatiḥ syām ||

English translation:

“Lord of might, I would give to that intelligent worshipper that which I should wish to give, if I were thepossessor of cattle.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Wish to give: I would wish to give, I would present to that intelligent worshipper, śikṣeyamasmai ditseyam manīṣiṇe

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): goṣūktyaśvasūktinau kāṇvāyanau;
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

शिक्षे॑यम् । अ॒स्मै॒ । दित्से॑यम् । शची॑ऽपते । म॒नी॒षिणे॑ । यत् । अ॒हम् । गोऽप॑तिः । स्या॒म् ॥
शिक्षेयम् । अस्मै । दित्सेयम् । शचीपते । मनीषिणे । यत् । अहम् । गोपतिः । स्याम् ॥
śikṣeyam | asmai | ditseyam | śacī-pate | manīṣiṇe | yat | aham | go--patiḥ | syām

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.14.2 English analysis of grammar]

śikṣeyam < śikṣ

[verb], singular, Present optative

“help; give.”

asmai < idam

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

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

ditseyaṃ < ditseyam < dits < √dā

[verb], singular, Present optative

śacīpate < śacīpati

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Indra.”

manīṣiṇe < manīṣin

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“sage; expert; devout.”

yad < yat

[adverb]

“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”

ahaṃ < aham < mad

[noun], nominative, singular

“I; mine.”

gopatiḥ < gopati

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Shiva; bull; cowboy; Indra; Gopati; king.”

syām < as

[verb], singular, Present optative

“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”

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