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 8.34.13

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ या॑हि॒ पर्व॑तेभ्यः समु॒द्रस्याधि॑ वि॒ष्टप॑: । दि॒वो अ॒मुष्य॒ शास॑तो॒ दिवं॑ य॒य दि॑वावसो ॥
आ याहि पर्वतेभ्यः समुद्रस्याधि विष्टपः । दिवो अमुष्य शासतो दिवं यय दिवावसो ॥
ā yāhi parvatebhyaḥ samudrasyādhi viṣṭapaḥ | divo amuṣya śāsato divaṃ yaya divāvaso ||

English translation:

“Come from the mountains, from above the region of the firmament; do you, ruling yonder heaven, Oradiant 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]:

आ । या॒हि॒ । पर्व॑तेभ्यः । स॒मु॒द्रस्य । अधि॑ । वि॒ष्टपः॑ । दि॒वः । अ॒मुष्य॑ । शास॑तः । दिव॑म् । य॒य । दि॒वा॒व॒सो॒ इति॑ दिवाऽवसो ॥
आ । याहि । पर्वतेभ्यः । समुद्रस्य । अधि । विष्टपः । दिवः । अमुष्य । शासतः । दिवम् । यय । दिवावसो इति दिवावसो ॥
ā | yāhi | parvatebhyaḥ | samudrasya | adhi | viṣṭapaḥ | divaḥ | amuṣya | śāsataḥ | divam | yaya | divāvaso itidivāvaso

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.34.13 English analysis of grammar]

ā

[adverb]

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

yāhi <

[verb], singular, Present imperative

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

parvatebhyaḥ < parvata

[noun], ablative, plural, masculine

“mountain; Parvata; parvata [word]; Parvata; Parvata; rock; height.”

samudrasyādhi < samudrasya < samudra

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“ocean; Samudra; sea; samudra [word]; four.”

samudrasyādhi < adhi

[adverb]

“on; from; accordingly.”

viṣṭapaḥ < viṣṭap

[noun], ablative, singular, feminine

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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