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 8.32.23
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सूर्यो॑ र॒श्मिं यथा॑ सृ॒जा त्वा॑ यच्छन्तु मे॒ गिर॑: । नि॒म्नमापो॒ न स॒ध्र्य॑क् ॥
सूर्यो रश्मिं यथा सृजा त्वा यच्छन्तु मे गिरः । निम्नमापो न सध्र्यक् ॥
sūryo raśmiṃ yathā sṛjā tvā yacchantu me giraḥ | nimnam āpo na sadhryak ||
English translation:
“As the sun disperses his rays, do you disperse (wealth upon me); may my praises rapidly draw you, aswaters (reach) the low ground.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): medhātithiḥ kāṇvaḥ [medhātithi kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): virāḍgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सूर्यः॑ । र॒श्मिम् । यथा॑ । सृ॒ज॒ । त्वा॒ । य॒च्छ॒न्तु॒ । मे॒ । गिरः॑ । नि॒म्नम् । आपः॑ । न । स॒ध्र्य॑क् ॥
सूर्यः । रश्मिम् । यथा । सृज । त्वा । यच्छन्तु । मे । गिरः । निम्नम् । आपः । न । सध्र्यक् ॥
sūryaḥ | raśmim | yathā | sṛja | tvā | yacchantu | me | giraḥ | nimnam | āpaḥ | na | sadhryak
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.32.23 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“beam; rein; sunbeam; shininess; cord.”
[adverb]
“equally; as; so that; like; how; yathā [word]; that; wherein.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“create; shoot; discharge; free; cause; throw; emit; send; produce; use; be born; make.”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“concentrate; grant; restrain; cause; control; offer; cover; raise.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“hymn; praise; voice; words; invocation; command; statement; cry; language.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“depression; depth.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter