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 8.34.7

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ नो॑ याहि महेमते॒ सह॑स्रोते॒ शता॑मघ । दि॒वो अ॒मुष्य॒ शास॑तो॒ दिवं॑ य॒य दि॑वावसो ॥
आ नो याहि महेमते सहस्रोते शतामघ । दिवो अमुष्य शासतो दिवं यय दिवावसो ॥
ā no yāhi mahemate sahasrote śatāmagha | divo amuṣya śāsato divaṃ yaya divāvaso ||

English translation:

“Sagacious (Indra) bestower of numerous protections, granter of infinite wealth, come uno us; 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 । नः॒ । या॒हि॒ । म॒हे॒ऽम॒ते॒ । सह॑स्रऽऊते । शत॑ऽमघ । दि॒वः । अ॒मुष्य॑ । शास॑तः । दिव॑म् । य॒य । दि॒वा॒व॒सो॒ इति॑ दिवाऽवसो ॥
आ । नः । याहि । महेमते । सहस्रऊते । शतमघ । दिवः । अमुष्य । शासतः । दिवम् । यय । दिवावसो इति दिवावसो ॥
ā | naḥ | yāhi | mahe--mate | sahasra-ūte | śata-magha | divaḥ | amuṣya | śāsataḥ | divam | yaya | divāvaso itidivāvaso

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.34.7 English analysis of grammar]

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

no < naḥ < mad

[noun], accusative, plural

“I; mine.”

yāhi <

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”

mahemate < mahemati

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

sahasrote < sahasra

[noun], masculine

“thousand; one-thousandth; sahasra [word].”

sahasrote < ūte < ūti

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“aid; favor; ūti [word].”

śatāmagha

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

divo < divaḥ < div

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”

amuṣya < adas

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“that; John Doe; yonder; from here.”

śāsato < śāsataḥ < śās

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“teach; govern; command; order; control; tell; recommend; chastize; instruct.”

divaṃ < divam < div

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”

yaya <

[verb], plural, Perfect indicative

“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”

divāvaso < divāvasu

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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