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 8.35.11

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

जय॑तं च॒ प्र स्तु॑तं च॒ प्र चा॑वतं प्र॒जां च॑ ध॒त्तं द्रवि॑णं च धत्तम् । स॒जोष॑सा उ॒षसा॒ सूर्ये॑ण॒ चोर्जं॑ नो धत्तमश्विना ॥
जयतं च प्र स्तुतं च प्र चावतं प्रजां च धत्तं द्रविणं च धत्तम् । सजोषसा उषसा सूर्येण चोर्जं नो धत्तमश्विना ॥
jayataṃ ca pra stutaṃ ca pra cāvatam prajāṃ ca dhattaṃ draviṇaṃ ca dhattam | sajoṣasā uṣasā sūryeṇa corjaṃ no dhattam aśvinā ||

English translation:

“Conquer (Aśvins), your foes; protect and praise (your worshipper), grant progeny, give wealth, andunited with the dawn and with Sūrya, give us, Aśvins, strength.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

जय॑तम् । च॒ । प्र । स्तु॒त॒म् । च॒ । प्र । च॒ । अ॒व॒त॒म् । प्र॒ऽजाम् । च॒ । ध॒त्तम् । द्रवि॑णम् । च॒ । ध॒त्त॒म् । स॒ऽजोष॑सौ । उ॒षसा॑ । सूर्ये॑ण । च॒ । सोम॑म् । पि॒ब॒त॒म् । अ॒श्वि॒ना॒ ॥
जयतम् । च । प्र । स्तुतम् । च । प्र । च । अवतम् । प्रजाम् । च । धत्तम् । द्रविणम् । च । धत्तम् । सजोषसौ । उषसा । सूर्येण । च । सोमम् । पिबतम् । अश्विना ॥
jayatam | ca | pra | stutam | ca | pra | ca | avatam | pra-jām | ca | dhattam | draviṇam | ca | dhattam | sa-joṣasau | uṣasā | sūryeṇa | ca | somam | pibatam | aśvinā

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.35.11 English analysis of grammar]

jayataṃ < jayatam < ji

[verb], dual, Present imperative

“overcome; cure; win; conquer; control; win; succeed; remove; beat; govern; surpass; suppress.”

ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

pra

[adverb]

“towards; ahead.”

stutaṃ < stutam < stu

[verb], dual, Present imperative

“laud; praise; declare; stu.”

ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

pra

[adverb]

“towards; ahead.”

cāvatam < ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

cāvatam < avatam < av

[verb], dual, Present imperative

“support; help; prefer; prefer; like.”

prajāṃ < prajām < prajā

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“people; offspring; being; national; man; prajā [word]; creature; child; descendants; population; race; animal.”

ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

dhattaṃ < dhattam < dhā

[verb], dual, Present imperative

“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”

draviṇaṃ < draviṇam < draviṇa

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“wealth; property; money; jewel.”

ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

dhattam < dhā

[verb], dual, Present imperative

“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”

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.”

corjaṃ < ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

corjaṃ < ūrjam < ūrj

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“strength; refreshment; vigor; food; strengthening.”

no < naḥ < mad

[noun], dative, plural

“I; mine.”

dhattam < dhā

[verb], dual, Present imperative

“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”

aśvinā < aśvin

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

“Asvins; two.”

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