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 8.43.29

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तुभ्यं॒ घेत्ते जना॑ इ॒मे विश्वा॑: सुक्षि॒तय॒: पृथ॑क् । धा॒सिं हि॑न्व॒न्त्यत्त॑वे ॥
तुभ्यं घेत्ते जना इमे विश्वाः सुक्षितयः पृथक् । धासिं हिन्वन्त्यत्तवे ॥
tubhyaṃ ghet te janā ime viśvāḥ sukṣitayaḥ pṛthak | dhāsiṃ hinvanty attave ||

English translation:

“All these people, the inhabitants (of the earth), offer severally to you (sacrificial) food for your eatingand enjoyment.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): virūpa āṅgirasaḥ [virūpa āṅgirasa];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तुभ्य॑म् । घ॒ । इत् । ते । जनाः॑ । इ॒मे । विश्वाः॑ । सु॒ऽक्षि॒तयः॑ । पृथ॑क् । धा॒सिम् । हि॒न्व॒न्ति॒ । अत्त॑वे ॥
तुभ्यम् । घ । इत् । ते । जनाः । इमे । विश्वाः । सुक्षितयः । पृथक् । धासिम् । हिन्वन्ति । अत्तवे ॥
tubhyam | gha | it | te | janāḥ | ime | viśvāḥ | su-kṣitayaḥ | pṛthak | dhāsim | hinvanti | attave

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.43.29 English analysis of grammar]

tubhyaṃ < tubhyam < tvad

[noun], dative, singular

“you.”

ghet < gha

[adverb]

ghet < id

[adverb]

“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”

te < tad

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

janā < janāḥ < jana

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“people; national; man; relative; jan; Janaloka; person; jana [word]; man; attendant; Jana; foreigner; inhabitant; group.”

ime < idam

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

viśvāḥ < viśva

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

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

sukṣitayaḥ < su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

sukṣitayaḥ < kṣitayaḥ < kṣiti

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“floor; Earth; earth; pṛthivī; people; dwelling; battlefield; Earth; estate; colony; house.”

pṛthak

[adverb]

“individually; apart; each; by the piece; independently; pṛthak [word].”

dhāsiṃ < dhāsim < dhāsi

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“food.”

hinvanty < hinvanti < hi

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“impel; send; spur; stimulate; urge.”

attave < ad

[verb noun]

“eat; devour.”

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