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 8.16.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यस्यानू॑ना गभी॒रा मदा॑ उ॒रव॒स्तरु॑त्राः । ह॒र्षु॒मन्त॒: शूर॑सातौ ॥
यस्यानूना गभीरा मदा उरवस्तरुत्राः । हर्षुमन्तः शूरसातौ ॥
yasyānūnā gabhīrā madā uravas tarutrāḥ | harṣumantaḥ śūrasātau ||

English translation:

“Whose unbounded and profound exhilarations are many, protective, and animating in waṛ”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Harṣamantaḥ = exulting in, i.e. eager for, war, harṣayuktaḥ saṅgrāmotsukaḥ

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): irimbiṭhiḥ kāṇvaḥ [irimbiṭhi kāṇva];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यस्य॑ । अनू॑नाः । ग॒भी॒राः । मदाः॑ । उ॒रवः॑ । तरु॑त्राः । ह॒र्षु॒ऽमन्तः॑ । शूर॑ऽसातौ ॥
यस्य । अनूनाः । गभीराः । मदाः । उरवः । तरुत्राः । हर्षुमन्तः । शूरसातौ ॥
yasya | anūnāḥ | gabhīrāḥ | madāḥ | uravaḥ | tarutrāḥ | harṣu-mantaḥ | śūra-sātau

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.16.4 English analysis of grammar]

yasyānūnā < yasya < yad

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

yasyānūnā < anūnāḥ < anūna

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“perfect; entire.”

gabhīrā < gabhīrāḥ < gabhīra

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“deep; profound; immeasurable; unfathomable; unfathomable; mysterious; deep; countless.”

madā < madāḥ < mada

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“drunkenness; mada; estrus; excitement; sexual arousal; alcohol; musth; mad; mada; ecstasy; pride; drink; joy; arrogance; vivification.”

uravas < uravaḥ < uru

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“wide; broad; great; uru [word]; much(a); excellent.”

tarutrāḥ < tarutra

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“triumphant; conquering(a); superior.”

harṣumantaḥ < harṣumat

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

śūrasātau < śūrasāti

[noun], locative, singular, feminine

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