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 8.17.12
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
शाचि॑गो॒ शाचि॑पूजना॒यं रणा॑य ते सु॒तः । आख॑ण्डल॒ प्र हू॑यसे ॥
शाचिगो शाचिपूजनायं रणाय ते सुतः । आखण्डल प्र हूयसे ॥
śācigo śācipūjanāyaṃ raṇāya te sutaḥ | ākhaṇḍala pra hūyase ||
English translation:
“Renowned for radiance, renowned for adoration, this libation is for your gratification; destroyer of foes,you are earnestly invoked.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Radiance: śācigo: śaktā gāvo yasya, he whose cattle are strong;
Śācayaḥ =vyaktāḥ, manifest; or, prakhyātāḥ, famous;
GāVaḥ = raśmayaḥ, rays, i.e., of renowned or manifest brilliance;
Śācipūjana = prakhyātapūjana, of renowned adoration; or, whose hymns are renowned
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): irimbiṭhiḥ kāṇvaḥ [irimbiṭhi kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
शाचि॑गो॒ इति॒ शाचि॑ऽगो । शाचि॑ऽपूजन । अ॒यम् । रणा॑य । ते॒ । सु॒तः । आख॑ण्डल । प्र । हू॒य॒से॒ ॥
शाचिगो इति शाचिगो । शाचिपूजन । अयम् । रणाय । ते । सुतः । आखण्डल । प्र । हूयसे ॥
śācigo itiśāci-go | śāci-pūjana | ayam | raṇāya | te | sutaḥ | ākhaṇḍala | pra | hūyase
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.17.12 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“battle; fight; pleasure; joy; war; combat.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“press out; su.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; Vishnu.”
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[verb], singular, Indikativ Pr¦s. Passiv
“raise; call on; call; summon.”