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 8.18.16
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
आ शर्म॒ पर्व॑ताना॒मोतापां वृ॑णीमहे । द्यावा॑क्षामा॒रे अ॒स्मद्रप॑स्कृतम् ॥
आ शर्म पर्वतानामोतापां वृणीमहे । द्यावाक्षामारे अस्मद्रपस्कृतम् ॥
ā śarma parvatānām otāpāṃ vṛṇīmahe | dyāvākṣāmāre asmad rapas kṛtam ||
English translation:
“We solicit the happiness of the mountains and of the waters; heaven and earth, remove sin far from us.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): irimbiṭhiḥ kāṇvaḥ [irimbiṭhi kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): ādityāḥ ;
Chandas (meter): pādanicṛduṣṇik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
आ । शर्म॑ । पर्व॑तानाम् । आ । उ॒त । अ॒पाम् । वृ॒णी॒म॒हे॒ । द्यावा॑क्षामा । आ॒रे । अ॒स्मत् । रपः॑ । कृ॒त॒म् ॥
आ । शर्म । पर्वतानाम् । आ । उत । अपाम् । वृणीमहे । द्यावाक्षामा । आरे । अस्मत् । रपः । कृतम् ॥
ā | śarma | parvatānām | ā | uta | apām | vṛṇīmahe | dyāvākṣāmā | āre | asmat | rapaḥ | kṛtam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.18.16 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“protection; protective covering; refuge; joy.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“mountain; Parvata; parvata [word]; Parvata; Parvata; rock; height.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[adverb]
“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”
[noun], genitive, plural, feminine
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“choose; ask.”
[noun], vocative, dual, feminine
“heaven and earth.”
[adverb]
“far.”
[noun], ablative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“injury; disease; infirmity; damage.”
[verb], dual, Aorist imperative
“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.”