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 8.35.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

गिरो॑ जुषेथामध्व॒रं जु॑षेथां॒ विश्वे॒ह दे॑वौ॒ सव॒नाव॑ गच्छतम् । स॒जोष॑सा उ॒षसा॒ सूर्ये॑ण॒ चेषं॑ नो वोळ्हमश्विना ॥
गिरो जुषेथामध्वरं जुषेथां विश्वेह देवौ सवनाव गच्छतम् । सजोषसा उषसा सूर्येण चेषं नो वोळ्हमश्विना ॥
giro juṣethām adhvaraṃ juṣethāṃ viśveha devau savanāva gacchatam | sajoṣasā uṣasā sūryeṇa ceṣaṃ no voḻham aśvinā ||

English translation:

“Be gratified, deities, by our praises, be gratified by the sacrifice, recognize, deities, all the offerings inthis ceremony; united with the dawn and with Sūrya, bring us, Aśvins, food.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śyāvāśvaḥ [śyāvāśva];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): aśvinau ;
Chandas (meter): bhurikpaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

गिरः॑ । जु॒षे॒था॒म् । अ॒ध्व॒रम् । जु॒षे॒था॒म् । विश्वा॑ । इ॒ह । दे॒वौ॒ । सव॑ना । अव॑ । ग॒च्छ॒त॒म् । स॒ऽजोष॑सौ । उ॒षसा॑ । सूर्ये॑ण । च॒ । सोम॑म् । पि॒ब॒त॒म् । अ॒श्वि॒ना॒ ॥
गिरः । जुषेथाम् । अध्वरम् । जुषेथाम् । विश्वा । इह । देवौ । सवना । अव । गच्छतम् । सजोषसौ । उषसा । सूर्येण । च । सोमम् । पिबतम् । अश्विना ॥
giraḥ | juṣethām | adhvaram | juṣethām | viśvā | iha | devau | savanā | ava | gacchatam | sa-joṣasau | uṣasā | sūryeṇa | ca | somam | pibatam | aśvinā

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.35.6 English analysis of grammar]

giro < giraḥ < gir

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“hymn; praise; voice; words; invocation; command; statement; cry; language.”

juṣethām < juṣ

[verb], dual, Present imperative

“enjoy; endow; possess; frequent; accompany; induce; consume; approve; affect; attend; befit; blend; contract.”

adhvaraṃ < adhvaram < adhvara

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“yajña; ceremony; adhvara [word].”

juṣethāṃ < juṣethām < juṣ

[verb], dual, Present imperative

“enjoy; endow; possess; frequent; accompany; induce; consume; approve; affect; attend; befit; blend; contract.”

viśveha < viśvā < viśva

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

viśveha < iha

[adverb]

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

devau < deva

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

savanāva < savanā < savana

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“yajña; savana [word]; Snāna; Soma sacrifice; press.”

savanāva < ava

[adverb]

“down.”

gacchatam < gam

[verb], dual, Present imperative

“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”

sajoṣasā < sajoṣasau < sajoṣas

[noun], nominative, dual, masculine

“consentaneous; combined; associated; united.”

uṣasā < uṣas

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“Ushas; dawn; uṣas [word]; morning.”

sūryeṇa < sūrya

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”

ceṣaṃ < ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

ceṣaṃ < iṣam < iṣ

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“refreshment; enjoyment; stores.”

no < naḥ < mad

[noun], dative, plural

“I; mine.”

voᄆham < voḍham < vah

[verb], dual, Aorist imperative

“transport; bring; marry; run; drive; vāhay; drive; run; pull; nirvāpay; blow; transport; discharge; assume; remove.”

aśvinā < aśvin

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

“Asvins; two.”

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