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 8.20.11

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

स॒मा॒नम॒ञ्ज्ये॑षां॒ वि भ्रा॑जन्ते रु॒क्मासो॒ अधि॑ बा॒हुषु॑ । दवि॑द्युतत्यृ॒ष्टय॑: ॥
समानमञ्ज्येषां वि भ्राजन्ते रुक्मासो अधि बाहुषु । दविद्युतत्यृष्टयः ॥
samānam añjy eṣāṃ vi bhrājante rukmāso adhi bāhuṣu | davidyutaty ṛṣṭayaḥ ||

English translation:

“Their decoration is the same; gold (necklaces) shine (on their breasts), lances gleam upon theirshoulders.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): sobhariḥ kāṇvaḥ [sobhari kāṇva];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): marūtaḥ;
Chandas (meter): pādanicṛduṣṇik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

स॒मा॒नम् । अ॒ञ्जि । ए॒षा॒म् । वि । भ्रा॒ज॒न्ते॒ । रु॒क्मासः॑ । अधि॑ । बा॒हुषु॑ । दवि॑द्युतति । ऋ॒ष्टयः॑ ॥
समानम् । अञ्जि । एषाम् । वि । भ्राजन्ते । रुक्मासः । अधि । बाहुषु । दविद्युतति । ऋष्टयः ॥
samānam | añji | eṣām | vi | bhrājante | rukmāsaḥ | adhi | bāhuṣu | davidyutati | ṛṣṭayaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.20.11 English analysis of grammar]

samānam < samāna

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“like; identical; common; like; alike(p); same; samāna [word]; akin(p); comparable; identical; mutual; equal.”

añjy < añji

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“color; ointment; adornment.”

eṣāṃ < eṣām < idam

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

vi

[adverb]

“apart; away; away.”

bhrājante < bhrāj

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“shine; glitter; look.”

rukmāso < rukmāsaḥ < rukma

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“adornment.”

adhi

[adverb]

“on; from; accordingly.”

bāhuṣu < bāhu

[noun], locative, plural, masculine

“arm; bāhu [word]; elbow; forefoot.”

davidyutaty < davidyutati < davidyut < √dyut

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“flash.”

ṛṣṭayaḥ < ṛṣṭi

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“spear.”

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