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 8.32.12
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स न॑: श॒क्रश्चि॒दा श॑क॒द्दान॑वाँ अन्तराभ॒रः । इन्द्रो॒ विश्वा॑भिरू॒तिभि॑: ॥
स नः शक्रश्चिदा शकद्दानवाँ अन्तराभरः । इन्द्रो विश्वाभिरूतिभिः ॥
sa naḥ śakraś cid ā śakad dānavām̐ antarābharaḥ | indro viśvābhir ūtibhiḥ ||
English translation:
“May Śakra give us strength, may the liberal Indra with all protections be the supplier of our deficiencieṣ”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Deficiencies: antarābharaḥ = chidrāṇām āpūrakaḥ, or chidrāpidhāyī, the filler up or cover of flaws
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): medhātithiḥ kāṇvaḥ [medhātithi kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सः । नः॒ । श॒क्रः । चि॒त् । आ । श॒क॒त् । दान॑ऽवान् । अ॒न्त॒र॒ऽआ॒भ॒रः । इन्द्रः॑ । विश्वा॑भिः । ऊ॒तिऽभिः॑ ॥
सः । नः । शक्रः । चित् । आ । शकत् । दानवान् । अन्तरआभरः । इन्द्रः । विश्वाभिः । ऊतिभिः ॥
saḥ | naḥ | śakraḥ | cit | ā | śakat | dāna-vān | antara-ābharaḥ | indraḥ | viśvābhiḥ | ūti-bhiḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.32.12 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra; Terminalia arjuna (Roxb.) Wight et Arn.; ivory tree.”
[adverb]
“even; indeed.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[verb], singular, Aorist conj./subj.
“can; invigorate.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“aid; favor; ūti [word].”