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 8.15.8
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तव॒ द्यौरि॑न्द्र॒ पौंस्यं॑ पृथि॒वी व॑र्धति॒ श्रव॑: । त्वामाप॒: पर्व॑तासश्च हिन्विरे ॥
तव द्यौरिन्द्र पौंस्यं पृथिवी वर्धति श्रवः । त्वामापः पर्वतासश्च हिन्विरे ॥
tava dyaur indra pauṃsyam pṛthivī vardhati śravaḥ | tvām āpaḥ parvatāsaś ca hinvire ||
English translation:
“The heaven invigorates your manhood, Indra, the earth (spreads) your renown; the waters, themountains propitiate you.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): goṣūktyaśvasūktinau kāṇvāyanau;Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): virāḍuṣnik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तव॑ । द्यौः । इ॒न्द्र॒ । पौंस्य॑म् । पृ॒थि॒वी । व॒र्ध॒ति॒ । श्रवः॑ । त्वाम् । आपः॑ । पर्व॑तासः । च॒ । हि॒न्वि॒रे॒ ॥
तव । द्यौः । इन्द्र । पौंस्यम् । पृथिवी । वर्धति । श्रवः । त्वाम् । आपः । पर्वतासः । च । हिन्विरे ॥
tava | dyauḥ | indra | paiṃsyam | pṛthivī | vardhati | śravaḥ | tvām | āpaḥ | pavartāsaḥ | ca | hinvire
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.15.8 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“manfulness; deed; army; strength.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“Earth; pṛthivī; floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī [word]; land.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“fame; glory; ear.”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“mountain; Parvata; parvata [word]; Parvata; Parvata; rock; height.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“impel; send; spur; stimulate; urge.”