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 8.25.7
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अधि॒ या बृ॑ह॒तो दि॒वो॒३॒॑ऽभि यू॒थेव॒ पश्य॑तः । ऋ॒तावा॑ना स॒म्राजा॒ नम॑से हि॒ता ॥
अधि या बृहतो दिवोऽभि यूथेव पश्यतः । ऋतावाना सम्राजा नमसे हिता ॥
adhi yā bṛhato divo 'bhi yūtheva paśyataḥ | ṛtāvānā samrājā namase hitā ||
English translation:
“(These are they) who look upon the great deities as (a bull contemplates) the herd, sovereignsobservant of truth and propitious to adoration.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): viśvamanā vaiyaśvaḥ [viśvamanā vaiyaśva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): mitrāvaruṇau ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛduṣṇik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अधि॑ । या । बृ॒ह॒तः । दि॒वः । अ॒भि । यू॒थाऽइ॑व । पश्य॑तः । ऋ॒तऽवा॑ना । स॒म्ऽराजा॑ । नम॑से । हि॒ता ॥
अधि । या । बृहतः । दिवः । अभि । यूथाइव । पश्यतः । ऋतवाना । सम्राजा । नमसे । हिता ॥
adhi | yā | bṛhataḥ | divaḥ | abhi | yūthāiva | paśyataḥ | ṛta-vānā | sam-rājā | namase | hitā
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.25.7 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“on; from; accordingly.”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], ablative, singular, masculine
“large; great; loud; high; much(a); exalted; abundant; intensive; strong; huge.”
[noun], ablative, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[adverb]
“towards; on.”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“herd; troop; battalion.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[verb], dual, Present indikative
“see; view; watch; meet; observe; think of; look; examine; behold; visit; understand.”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“law-abiding; faithful; righteous.”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“sovereign; ruler.”
[noun], dative, singular, neuter
“adoration; court; namas [word]; bow; salute.”
[verb noun], nominative, dual
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”