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 8.34.11

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ नो॑ या॒ह्युप॑श्रुत्यु॒क्थेषु॑ रणया इ॒ह । दि॒वो अ॒मुष्य॒ शास॑तो॒ दिवं॑ य॒य दि॑वावसो ॥
आ नो याह्युपश्रुत्युक्थेषु रणया इह । दिवो अमुष्य शासतो दिवं यय दिवावसो ॥
ā no yāhy upaśruty uktheṣu raṇayā iha | divo amuṣya śāsato divaṃ yaya divāvaso ||

English translation:

“Come to listen to our praises, when they are being recited-- bestow upon us delight; do you, rulingyonder heaven, O radiant with oblations, return here.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): nīpātithiḥ kāṇvaḥ [nīpātithi kāṇva];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): virāḍanuṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ । नः॒ । या॒हि॒ । उप॑ऽश्रुति । उ॒क्थेषु॑ । र॒ण॒य॒ । इ॒ह । दि॒वः । अ॒मुष्य॑ । शास॑तः । दिव॑म् । य॒य । दि॒वा॒व॒सो॒ इति॑ दिवाऽवसो ॥
आ । नः । याहि । उपश्रुति । उक्थेषु । रणय । इह । दिवः । अमुष्य । शासतः । दिवम् । यय । दिवावसो इति दिवावसो ॥
ā | naḥ | yāhi | upa-śruti | uktheṣu | raṇaya | iha | divaḥ | amuṣya | śāsataḥ | divam | yaya | divāvaso itidivāvaso

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.34.11 English analysis of grammar]

ā

[adverb]

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

no < naḥ < mad

[noun], accusative, plural

“I; mine.”

yāhy < yāhi <

[verb], singular, Present imperative

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

upaśruty < upaśrutī < upaśruti

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

“listening; divination.”

uktheṣu < uktha

[noun], locative, plural, neuter

“hymn; praise; uktha [word]; encomium.”

raṇayā < raṇaya < raṇay < √raṇ

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“delight.”

iha

[adverb]

“here; now; in this world; now; below; there; here; just.”

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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