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 8.18.7
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उ॒त स्या नो॒ दिवा॑ म॒तिरदि॑तिरू॒त्या ग॑मत् । सा शंता॑ति॒ मय॑स्कर॒दप॒ स्रिध॑: ॥
उत स्या नो दिवा मतिरदितिरूत्या गमत् । सा शंताति मयस्करदप स्रिधः ॥
uta syā no divā matir aditir ūtyā gamat | sā śaṃtāti mayas karad apa sridhaḥ ||
English translation:
“May the monitress Aditi come to us, for our prosecution by day; may she grant us tranquil felicity, andlive away, (our) enemies.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): irimbiṭhiḥ kāṇvaḥ [irimbiṭhi kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): ādityāḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛduṣṇik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उ॒त । स्या । नः॒ । दिवा॑ । म॒तिः । अदि॑तिः । ऊ॒त्या । आ । ग॒म॒त् । सा । शम्ऽता॒ति॒ । मयः॑ । क॒र॒त् । अप॑ । स्रिधः॑ ॥
उत । स्या । नः । दिवा । मतिः । अदितिः । ऊत्या । आ । गमत् । सा । शम्ताति । मयः । करत् । अप । स्रिधः ॥
uta | syā | naḥ | divā | matiḥ | aditiḥ | ūtyā | ā | gamat | sā | śam-tāti | mayaḥ | karat | apa | sridhaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.18.7 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“that.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“intelligence; decision; mind; hymn; purpose; idea; opinion; belief; desire; wish; conviction; plan; devotion.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“Aditi; aditi [word].”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“aid; favor; ūti [word].”
[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“pleasure; refreshment.”
[verb], singular, Aorist conj./subj.
“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”
[adverb]
“away.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“failure; damage.”