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 8.32.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यदि॑ मे रा॒रण॑: सु॒त उ॒क्थे वा॒ दध॑से॒ चन॑: । आ॒रादुप॑ स्व॒धा ग॑हि ॥
यदि मे रारणः सुत उक्थे वा दधसे चनः । आरादुप स्वधा गहि ॥
yadi me rāraṇaḥ suta ukthe vā dadhase canaḥ | ārād upa svadhā gahi ||

English translation:

“If you are propitiated by my libation and praise, and bestow food (upon me), come with viands from afar.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): medhātithiḥ kāṇvaḥ [medhātithi kāṇva];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यदि॑ । मे॒ । र॒रणः॑ । सु॒ते । उ॒क्थे । वा॒ । दध॑से । चनः॑ । आ॒रात् । उप॑ । स्व॒धा । आ । ग॒हि॒ ॥
यदि । मे । ररणः । सुते । उक्थे । वा । दधसे । चनः । आरात् । उप । स्वधा । आ । गहि ॥
yadi | me | raraṇaḥ | sute | ukthe | vā | dadhase | canaḥ | ārāt | upa | svadhā | ā | gahi

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.32.6 English analysis of grammar]

yadi

[adverb]

“if; in case.”

me < mad

[noun], genitive, singular

“I; mine.”

rāraṇaḥ < ran

[verb], singular, Perfect conjunctive (subj.)

“rejoice.”

suta < sute < suta

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“Soma.”

ukthe < uktha

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“hymn; praise; uktha [word]; encomium.”

[adverb]

“or; optionally; either.”

dadhase < dhā

[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)

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

canaḥ < canas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“delight.”

ārād < ārāt

[adverb]

“far; ārāt [word].”

upa

[adverb]

“towards; on; next.”

svadhā

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“free will; offering; libation; nature; svadhā [word]; comfort; power.”

gahi < gam

[verb], singular, Aorist imperative

“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”

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