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 8.16.11
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स न॒: पप्रि॑: पारयाति स्व॒स्ति ना॒वा पु॑रुहू॒तः । इन्द्रो॒ विश्वा॒ अति॒ द्विष॑: ॥
स नः पप्रिः पारयाति स्वस्ति नावा पुरुहूतः । इन्द्रो विश्वा अति द्विषः ॥
sa naḥ papriḥ pārayāti svasti nāvā puruhūtaḥ | indro viśvā ati dviṣaḥ ||
English translation:
“May Indra, the fulfiller (of desires), the invoked of many, bear us beyond (the reach of) all our enemies,to welfare, as if by a ship (across the sea).”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
To welfare: svasti = happy, kṣemeṇa
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): irimbiṭhiḥ kāṇvaḥ [irimbiṭhi kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सः । नः॒ । पप्रिः॑ । पा॒र॒या॒ति॒ । स्व॒स्ति । ना॒वा । पु॒रु॒ऽहू॒तः । इन्द्रः॑ । विश्वा॑ । अति॑ । द्विषः॑ ॥
सः । नः । पप्रिः । पारयाति । स्वस्ति । नावा । पुरुहूतः । इन्द्रः । विश्वा । अति । द्विषः ॥
saḥ | naḥ | papriḥ | pārayāti | svasti | nāvā | puru-hūtaḥ | indraḥ | viśvā | ati | dviṣaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.16.11 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“rescue; keep alive; satisfy; save; resist; endure.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“prosperity; well-being; fortune; benediction; svasti [word]; well; luck.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“ship; boat; nau [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra; Vishnu.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[adverb]
“very; excessively; beyond; excessively.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“hate; dviṣ; hostility; hostility.”