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 8.26.18

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उ॒त स्या श्वे॑त॒याव॑री॒ वाहि॑ष्ठा वां न॒दीना॑म् । सिन्धु॒र्हिर॑ण्यवर्तनिः ॥
उत स्या श्वेतयावरी वाहिष्ठा वां नदीनाम् । सिन्धुर्हिरण्यवर्तनिः ॥
uta syā śvetayāvarī vāhiṣṭhā vāṃ nadīnām | sindhur hiraṇyavartaniḥ ||

English translation:

“Verily this Śvetayāvarī, the golden-pathed river, is of all rivers the especial bearer of your (praises).”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): viśvamanā vaiyaśvo vyaśvo vāṅgirasaḥ [viśvamanā vaiyaśva vyaśva vāṅgirasa];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): aśvinau ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उ॒त । स्या । श्वे॒त॒ऽयाव॑री । वाहि॑ष्ठा । वा॒म् । न॒दीना॑म् । सिन्धुः॑ । हिर॑ण्यऽवर्तनिः ॥
उत । स्या । श्वेतयावरी । वाहिष्ठा । वाम् । नदीनाम् । सिन्धुः । हिरण्यवर्तनिः ॥
uta | syā | śveta-yāvarī | vāhiṣṭhā | vām | nadīnām | sindhuḥ | hiraṇya-vartani ḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.26.18 English analysis of grammar]

uta

[adverb]

“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”

syā < tya

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“that.”

śvetayāvarī < śveta

[noun]

“white; bright; śveta [word]; bright.”

śvetayāvarī < yāvarī < yāvan

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“traveler.”

vāhiṣṭhā < vāhiṣṭha

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

vāṃ < vām < tvad

[noun], accusative, dual

“you.”

nadīnām < nadī

[noun], genitive, plural, feminine

“river; nadī; nadī [word]; Premna spinosa Roxb..”

sindhur < sindhuḥ < sindhu

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“river; Indus; sindhu [word].”

hiraṇyavartaniḥ < hiraṇya

[noun]

“aureate; gold.”

hiraṇyavartaniḥ < vartaniḥ < vartani

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“path; East; way.”

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