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 8.21.11

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्वया॑ ह स्विद्यु॒जा व॒यं प्रति॑ श्व॒सन्तं॑ वृषभ ब्रुवीमहि । सं॒स्थे जन॑स्य॒ गोम॑तः ॥
त्वया ह स्विद्युजा वयं प्रति श्वसन्तं वृषभ ब्रुवीमहि । संस्थे जनस्य गोमतः ॥
tvayā ha svid yujā vayam prati śvasantaṃ vṛṣabha bruvīmahi | saṃsthe janasya gomataḥ ||

English translation:

“With you, showerer (of benefits), for our ally, we bid defiance to one assailing us in a contest (onbehalf) of a man possessing herds of cattle.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्वया॑ । ह॒ । स्वि॒त् । यु॒जा । व॒यम् । प्रति॑ । श्व॒सन्त॑म् । वृ॒ष॒भ॒ । ब्रु॒वी॒म॒हि॒ । सं॒स्थे । जन॑स्य । गोऽम॑तः ॥
त्वया । ह । स्वित् । युजा । वयम् । प्रति । श्वसन्तम् । वृषभ । ब्रुवीमहि । संस्थे । जनस्य । गोमतः ॥
tvayā | ha | svit | yujā | vayam | prati | śvasantam | vṛṣabha | bruvīmahi | saṃsthe | janasya | go--mataḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.21.11 English analysis of grammar]

tvayā < tvad

[noun], instrumental, singular

“you.”

ha

[adverb]

“indeed; ha [word].”

svid

[adverb]

“svid [word].”

yujā < yuj

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“ally; friend; pair; two; companion.”

vayam < mad

[noun], nominative, plural

“I; mine.”

prati

[adverb]

“towards; per; regarding; respectively; according to; until.”

śvasantaṃ < śvasantam < śvas

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“hiss; pant; sigh; breathe; blow.”

vṛṣabha

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“bull; Vṛṣabha; Vṛṣabha; best.”

bruvīmahi < brū

[verb], plural, Present optative

“say; tell; describe; speak; state; answer; call; explain; address; proclaim; talk; talk; choose.”

saṃsthe < saṃstha

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

janasya < jana

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“people; national; man; relative; jan; Janaloka; person; jana [word]; man; attendant; Jana; foreigner; inhabitant; group.”

gomataḥ < gomat

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“rich in cattle; bovine.”

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