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 8.21.9

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यो न॑ इ॒दमि॑दं पु॒रा प्र वस्य॑ आनि॒नाय॒ तमु॑ वः स्तुषे । सखा॑य॒ इन्द्र॑मू॒तये॑ ॥
यो न इदमिदं पुरा प्र वस्य आनिनाय तमु वः स्तुषे । सखाय इन्द्रमूतये ॥
yo na idam-idam purā pra vasya ānināya tam u vaḥ stuṣe | sakhāya indram ūtaye ||

English translation:

“I glorify friends, for your protection, that Indra who has brought to us of old this or that excellent(wealth).”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यः । नः॒ । इ॒दम्ऽइ॑दम् । पु॒रा । प्र । वस्यः॑ । आ॒ऽनि॒नाय॑ । तम् । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । वः॒ । स्तु॒षे॒ । सखा॑यः । इन्द्र॑म् । ऊ॒तये॑ ॥
यः । नः । इदम्इदम् । पुरा । प्र । वस्यः । आनिनाय । तम् । ऊँ इति । वः । स्तुषे । सखायः । इन्द्रम् । ऊतये ॥
yaḥ | naḥ | idam-idam | purā | pra | vasyaḥ | ānināya | tam | oṃ iti | vaḥ | stuṣe | sakhāyaḥ | indram | ūtaye

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.21.9 English analysis of grammar]

yo < yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

na < naḥ < mad

[noun], accusative, plural

“I; mine.”

idam

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

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

idaṃ < idam

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

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

purā

[adverb]

“once; earlier; first; purā [indecl.].”

pra

[adverb]

“towards; ahead.”

vasya < vasyaḥ < vasyas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“good fortune; well-being.”

ānināya < ānī < √nī

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“bring; pull; take; collect; give; return; withdraw; extract.”

tam < tad

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

u

[adverb]

“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”

va < vaḥ < tvad

[noun], accusative, plural

“you.”

stuṣe < stu

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“laud; praise; declare; stu.”

sakhāya < sakhāyaḥ < sakhi

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“friend; companion; sakhi [word].”

indram < indra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”

ūtaye < ūti

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

“aid; favor; ūti [word].”

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