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 8.28.5

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

स॒प्ता॒नां स॒प्त ऋ॒ष्टय॑: स॒प्त द्यु॒म्नान्ये॑षाम् । स॒प्तो अधि॒ श्रियो॑ धिरे ॥
सप्तानां सप्त ऋष्टयः सप्त द्युम्नान्येषाम् । सप्तो अधि श्रियो धिरे ॥
saptānāṃ sapta ṛṣṭayaḥ sapta dyumnāny eṣām | sapto adhi śriyo dhire ||

English translation:

“Seven are he lances of the seven (troops of the Maruts), seven are their ornaments, they wear sevensurpassing glories.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

स॒प्ता॒नाम् । स॒प्त । ऋ॒ष्टयः॑ । स॒प्त । द्यु॒म्नानि॑ । ए॒षा॒म् । स॒प्तो इति॑ । अधि॑ । श्रियः॑ । धि॒रे॒ ॥
सप्तानाम् । सप्त । ऋष्टयः । सप्त । द्युम्नानि । एषाम् । सप्तो इति । अधि । श्रियः । धिरे ॥
saptānām | sapta | ṛṣṭayaḥ | sapta | dyumnāni | eṣām | sapto iti | adhi | śriyaḥ | dhire

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.28.5 English analysis of grammar]

saptānāṃ < saptānām < saptan

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“seven; seventh.”

sapta < saptan

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“seven; seventh.”

ṛṣṭayaḥ < ṛṣṭi

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“spear.”

sapta < saptan

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“seven; seventh.”

dyumnāny < dyumnāni < dyumna

[noun], nominative, plural, neuter

“magnificence.”

eṣām < idam

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

sapto < sapta < saptan

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“seven; seventh.”

sapto < u

[adverb]

“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”

adhi

[adverb]

“on; from; accordingly.”

śriyo < śriyaḥ < śrī

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“mister; Ms.; Lakshmi; good fortune; well-being; magnificence; glory; beauty; Aegle marmelos (Linn.) Correa; dignity; power; śrī [word]; śrī; prosperity; auspiciousness.”

dhire < dhā

[verb], plural, Perfect indicative

“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”

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