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 8.24.21

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यस्यामि॑तानि वी॒र्या॒३॒॑ न राध॒: पर्ये॑तवे । ज्योति॒र्न विश्व॑म॒भ्यस्ति॒ दक्षि॑णा ॥
यस्यामितानि वीर्या न राधः पर्येतवे । ज्योतिर्न विश्वमभ्यस्ति दक्षिणा ॥
yasyāmitāni vīryā na rādhaḥ paryetave | jyotir na viśvam abhy asti dakṣiṇā ||

English translation:

“Whose energies are unbounded, whose wealth cannot be carried away, whose bounty extends like thefirmament over all.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): viśvamanā vaiyaśvaḥ [viśvamanā vaiyaśva];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): pādanicṛduṣṇik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यस्य॑ । अमि॑तानि । वी॒र्या॑ । न । राधः॑ । परि॑ऽएतवे । ज्योतिः॑ । न । विश्व॑म् । अ॒भि । अस्ति॑ । दक्षि॑णा ॥
यस्य । अमितानि । वीर्या । न । राधः । परिएतवे । ज्योतिः । न । विश्वम् । अभि । अस्ति । दक्षिणा ॥
yasya | amitāni | vīryā | na | rādhaḥ | pari-etave | jyotiḥ | na | viśvam | abhi | asti | dakṣiṇā

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.24.21 English analysis of grammar]

yasyāmitāni < yasya < yad

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

yasyāmitāni < amitāni < amita

[noun], nominative, plural, neuter

“infinite; illimitable; countless.”

vīryā < vīrya

[noun], nominative, plural, neuter

“potency; vīrya; heroism; potency; strength; semen; power; deed; active agent; efficacy; vīryapāramitā; gold; vigor; vīrya [word]; virility; manfulness; jewel; force.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

rādhaḥ < rādhas

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“gift; munificence; liberality; bounty.”

paryetave < parī < √i

[verb noun]

“circumambulate; wander; revolve; overwhelm.”

jyotir < jyotiḥ < jyotis

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“light; star; luminosity; fire; jyotis [word]; digestion; planet; light; sunlight.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

viśvam < viśva

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

abhy < abhi

[adverb]

“towards; on.”

asti < as

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”

dakṣiṇā

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“Dakṣiṇā; south; dakṣiṇā [word]; gift; South.”

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