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 8.27.8

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ प्र या॑त॒ मरु॑तो॒ विष्णो॒ अश्वि॑ना॒ पूष॒न्माकी॑नया धि॒या । इन्द्र॒ आ या॑तु प्रथ॒मः स॑नि॒ष्युभि॒र्वृषा॒ यो वृ॑त्र॒हा गृ॒णे ॥
आ प्र यात मरुतो विष्णो अश्विना पूषन्माकीनया धिया । इन्द्र आ यातु प्रथमः सनिष्युभिर्वृषा यो वृत्रहा गृणे ॥
ā pra yāta maruto viṣṇo aśvinā pūṣan mākīnayā dhiyā | indra ā yātu prathamaḥ saniṣyubhir vṛṣā yo vṛtrahā gṛṇe ||

English translation:

Maruts, Viṣṇu, Aśvins, Pūṣan, come here (induced) by my praise; may Indra, the first (of the gods),also come, the showerer (of benefits), he who is praised by (his) worshippers as the slayer of Vṛtra.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): manurvaivasvataḥ [manurvaivasvata];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): paṅktiḥ ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ । प्र । या॒त॒ । मरु॑तः । विष्णो॒ इति॑ । अश्वि॑ना । पूष॑न् । माकी॑नया । धि॒या । इन्द्रः॑ । आ । या॒तु॒ । प्र॒थ॒मः । स॒नि॒ष्युऽभिः॑ । वृषा॑ । यः । वृ॒त्र॒ऽहा । गृ॒णे ॥
आ । प्र । यात । मरुतः । विष्णो इति । अश्विना । पूषन् । माकीनया । धिया । इन्द्रः । आ । यातु । प्रथमः । सनिष्युभिः । वृषा । यः । वृत्रहा । गृणे ॥
ā | pra | yāta | marutaḥ | viṣṇo iti | aśvinā | pūṣan | mākīnayā | dhiyā | indraḥ | ā | yātu | prathamaḥ | saniṣyu-bh iḥ | vṛṣā | yaḥ | vṛtra-hā | gṛṇe

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.27.8 English analysis of grammar]

ā

[adverb]

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

pra

[adverb]

“towards; ahead.”

yāta <

[verb], plural, Present imperative

“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”

maruto < marutaḥ < marut

[noun], vocative, plural, masculine

“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”

viṣṇo < viṣṇu

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Vishnu; Krishna; Viṣṇu; Om; Shiva.”

aśvinā < aśvin

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

“Asvins; two.”

pūṣan

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Pushan; pūṣan [word]; sun.”

mākīnayā < mākīna

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“mine.”

dhiyā < dhī

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“intelligence; prayer; mind; insight; idea; hymn; purpose; art; knowledge.”

indra < indraḥ < indra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”

ā

[adverb]

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

yātu <

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”

prathamaḥ < prathama

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“first; prathama [word]; third; young; chief(a); best; antecedent.”

saniṣyubhir < saniṣyubhiḥ < saniṣyu

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“eager; plundering.”

vṛṣā < vṛṣan

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“bull; Indra; stallion; Vṛṣan; man.”

yo < yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

vṛtrahā < vṛtrahan

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Indra.”

gṛṇe < gṛ

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“praise.”

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