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 8.26.21

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तव॑ वायवृतस्पते॒ त्वष्टु॑र्जामातरद्भुत । अवां॒स्या वृ॑णीमहे ॥
तव वायवृतस्पते त्वष्टुर्जामातरद्भुत । अवांस्या वृणीमहे ॥
tava vāyav ṛtaspate tvaṣṭur jāmātar adbhuta | avāṃsy ā vṛṇīmahe ||

English translation:

“We solicit your protection, Vāyu, lord of sacrifice wonderful son-in- law of Tvaṣṭā.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Tvaṣṭā: i.e.Brahmā; or, Vāyu, the wind, having taken water from Āditya, fertilizes it, as rain, and is, therefore, as it were,his son-in-law, identifying Tvaṣṭā with Āditya (Yajus. 27.34)

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तव॑ । वा॒यो॒ इति॑ । ऋ॒तः॒ऽप॒ते॒ । त्वष्टुः॑ । जा॒मा॒तः॒ । अ॒द्भु॒त॒ । अवां॑सि । आ । वृ॒णी॒म॒हे॒ ॥
तव । वायो इति । ऋतःपते । त्वष्टुः । जामातः । अद्भुत । अवांसि । आ । वृणीमहे ॥
tava | vāyo iti | ṛtaḥ-pate | tvaṣṭuḥ | jāmātaḥ | adbhuta | avāṃsi | ā | vṛṇīmahe

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.26.21 English analysis of grammar]

tava < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

vāyav < vāyo < vāyu

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“wind; Vayu; vāta; prāṇa (coll.); air; air; fart; breath; northwest; draft; vāyu [word]; Vāyu; Marut.”

ṛtaspate < ṛtaspati

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

tvaṣṭur < tvaṣṭuḥ < tvaṣṭṛ

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“Tvaṣṭṛ; Viśvakarman; sun.”

jāmātar < jāmātṛ

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“brother-in-law; husband.”

adbhuta

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“extraordinary; amazing; supernatural.”

avāṃsy < avāṃsi < avas

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“aid; favor; protection.”

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

vṛṇīmahe < vṛ

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“choose; ask.”

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