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 8.20.17
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यथा॑ रु॒द्रस्य॑ सू॒नवो॑ दि॒वो वश॒न्त्यसु॑रस्य वे॒धस॑: । युवा॑न॒स्तथेद॑सत् ॥
यथा रुद्रस्य सूनवो दिवो वशन्त्यसुरस्य वेधसः । युवानस्तथेदसत् ॥
yathā rudrasya sūnavo divo vaśanty asurasya vedhasaḥ | yuvānas tathed asat ||
English translation:
“May this (our praise) take effect, so that the ever-youthful sons of Rudra, creators of the cloud,(coming) from heaven, may be plural ased with us.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): sobhariḥ kāṇvaḥ [sobhari kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): marūtaḥ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍuṣnik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यथा॑ । रु॒द्रस्य॑ । सू॒नवः॑ । दि॒वः । वश॑न्ति । असु॑रस्य । वे॒धसः॑ । युवा॑नः । तथा॑ । इत् । अ॒स॒त् ॥
यथा । रुद्रस्य । सूनवः । दिवः । वशन्ति । असुरस्य । वेधसः । युवानः । तथा । इत् । असत् ॥
yathā | rudrasya | sūnavaḥ | divaḥ | vaśanti | asurasya | vedhasaḥ | yuvānaḥ | tathā | it | asat
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.20.17 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“equally; as; so that; like; how; yathā [word]; that; wherein.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Shiva; Rudra; eleven; rudra [word]; eleventh.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“son; offspring.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“desire; agree; call; care; like; love.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Asura; lord; asura [word]; sulfur.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“devout.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“young; youthful.”
[adverb]
“and; thus; besides; very well; so; then; in that manner; now; therefore; however; so.”
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”