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 8.34.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
आ त्वा॒ ग्रावा॒ वद॑न्नि॒ह सो॒मी घोषे॑ण यच्छतु । दि॒वो अ॒मुष्य॒ शास॑तो॒ दिवं॑ य॒य दि॑वावसो ॥
आ त्वा ग्रावा वदन्निह सोमी घोषेण यच्छतु । दिवो अमुष्य शासतो दिवं यय दिवावसो ॥
ā tvā grāvā vadann iha somī ghoṣeṇa yacchatu | divo amuṣya śāsato divaṃ yaya divāvaso ||
English translation:
“May the grinding stone, yielding the Soma as it utters a sound, bring you here with the noise; do you,ruling yonder heaven, O radiant with oblations, return here.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): nīpātithiḥ kāṇvaḥ [nīpātithi kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): anuṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
आ । त्वा॒ । ग्रावा॑ । वद॑न् । इ॒ह । सो॒मी । घोषे॑ण । य॒च्छ॒तु॒ । दि॒वः । अ॒मुष्य॑ । शास॑तः । दिव॑म् । य॒य । दि॒वा॒व॒सो॒ इति॑ दिवाऽवसो ॥
आ । त्वा । ग्रावा । वदन् । इह । सोमी । घोषेण । यच्छतु । दिवः । अमुष्य । शासतः । दिवम् । यय । दिवावसो इति दिवावसो ॥
ā | tvā | grāvā | vadan | iha | somī | ghoṣeṇa | yacchatu | divaḥ | amuṣya | śāsataḥ | divam | yaya | divāvaso itidivāvaso
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.34.2 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“stone; millstone; grindstone; mountain.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“describe; teach; speak; tell; say; call; name; enumerate; declare; diagnose; address; say; pronounce; express; instruct; order.”
[adverb]
“here; now; in this world; now; below; there; here; just.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“sound; noise; cry; voice; ghoṣa [word]; station; Ghoṣa; post; twang.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“concentrate; grant; restrain; cause; control; offer; cover; raise.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“that; John Doe; yonder; from here.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“teach; govern; command; order; control; tell; recommend; chastize; instruct.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine