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 8.26.22

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्वष्टु॒र्जामा॑तरं व॒यमीशा॑नं रा॒य ई॑महे । सु॒ताव॑न्तो वा॒युं द्यु॒म्ना जना॑सः ॥
त्वष्टुर्जामातरं वयमीशानं राय ईमहे । सुतावन्तो वायुं द्युम्ना जनासः ॥
tvaṣṭur jāmātaraṃ vayam īśānaṃ rāya īmahe | sutāvanto vāyuṃ dyumnā janāsaḥ ||

English translation:

“We, the offerers of Soma, solicit riches from the sovereign, the son- in-law of Tvaṣṭā; (may webecome) wealthy.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्वष्टुः॑ । जामा॑तरम् । व॒यम् । ईशा॑नम् । रा॒यः । ई॒म॒हे॒ । सु॒तऽव॑न्तः । वा॒युम् । द्यु॒म्ना । जना॑सः ॥
त्वष्टुः । जामातरम् । वयम् । ईशानम् । रायः । ईमहे । सुतवन्तः । वायुम् । द्युम्ना । जनासः ॥
tvaṣṭuḥ | jāmātaram | vayam | īśānam | rāyaḥ | īmahe | suta-vantaḥ | vāyum | dyumnā | janāsaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.26.22 English analysis of grammar]

tvaṣṭur < tvaṣṭuḥ < tvaṣṭṛ

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“Tvaṣṭṛ; Viśvakarman; sun.”

jāmātaraṃ < jāmātaram < jāmātṛ

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“brother-in-law; husband.”

vayam < mad

[noun], nominative, plural

“I; mine.”

īśānaṃ < īśānam < īś

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“govern; command; master; dominate; can; reign; control; own.”

rāya < rāyaḥ < rai

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“wealth; possession; rai [word]; gold.”

īmahe < ī < √i

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“beg; solicit.”

sutāvanto < sutāvantaḥ < sutāvat

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

vāyuṃ < vāyum < vāyu

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

dyumnā < dyumna

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“magnificence.”

janāsaḥ < jana

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

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

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