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 8.34.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अत्रा॒ वि ने॒मिरे॑षा॒मुरां॒ न धू॑नुते॒ वृक॑: । दि॒वो अ॒मुष्य॒ शास॑तो॒ दिवं॑ य॒य दि॑वावसो ॥
अत्रा वि नेमिरेषामुरां न धूनुते वृकः । दिवो अमुष्य शासतो दिवं यय दिवावसो ॥
atrā vi nemir eṣām urāṃ na dhūnute vṛkaḥ | divo amuṣya śāsato divaṃ yaya divāvaso ||
English translation:
“The circumference of these (stones) shakes (the Soma) at this (rite), as a wolf (terrifies) a sheep doyou, ruling yonder heaven, O radiant with oblations, return here.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): nīpātithiḥ kāṇvaḥ [nīpātithi kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdanuṣṭup;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अत्र॑ । वि । ने॒मिः । ए॒षा॒म् । उरा॑म् । न । धू॒नु॒ते॒ । वृकः॑ । दि॒वः । अ॒मुष्य॑ । शास॑तः । दिव॑म् । य॒य । दि॒वा॒व॒सो॒ इति॑ दिवाऽवसो ॥
अत्र । वि । नेमिः । एषाम् । उराम् । न । धूनुते । वृकः । दिवः । अमुष्य । शासतः । दिवम् । यय । दिवावसो इति दिवावसो ॥
atra | vi | nemiḥ | eṣām | urām | na | dhūnute | vṛkaḥ | divaḥ | amuṣya | śāsataḥ | divam | yaya | divāvaso itidivāvaso
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.34.3 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“now; there; then; then; there; here; here; in the following; alternatively; now.”
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“rim; felloe.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“ewe.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“shake; remove; chase away.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“wolf; Vṛka; vṛka [word]; Vṛka.”
[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