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 8.45.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उ॒त त्वं म॑घवञ्छृणु॒ यस्ते॒ वष्टि॑ व॒वक्षि॒ तत् । यद्वी॒ळया॑सि वी॒ळु तत् ॥
उत त्वं मघवञ्छृणु यस्ते वष्टि ववक्षि तत् । यद्वीळयासि वीळु तत् ॥
uta tvam maghavañ chṛṇu yas te vaṣṭi vavakṣi tat | yad vīḻayāsi vīḻu tat ||

English translation:

“O Maghavan, do you hear (our praise); whosoever desires of you, you bear to him his request, whatyou fix is sure.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उ॒त । त्वम् । म॒घ॒ऽव॒न् । शृ॒णु॒ । यः । ते॒ । वष्टि॑ । व॒वक्षि॑ । तत् । यत् । वी॒ळया॑सि । वी॒ळु । तत् ॥
उत । त्वम् । मघवन् । शृणु । यः । ते । वष्टि । ववक्षि । तत् । यत् । वीळयासि । वीळु । तत् ॥
uta | tvam | magha-van | śṛṇu | yaḥ | te | vaṣṭi | vavakṣi | tat | yat | vīḷayāsi | vīḷu | tat

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.45.6 English analysis of grammar]

uta

[adverb]

“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”

tvam < tvad

[noun], nominative, singular

“you.”

maghavañchṛṇu < maghavan

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Indra; maghavan [word].”

maghavañchṛṇu < śṛṇu < śru

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“listen; come to know; hear; hear; listen; study; heed; learn.”

yas < yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

te < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

vaṣṭi < vaś

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“desire; agree; call; care; like; love.”

vavakṣi < vaś

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“desire; agree; call; care; like; love.”

tat < tad

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

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

yad < yat < yad

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

vīᄆayāsi < vīḍayāsi < vīḍay < √vīḍ

[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)

“solidify; strengthen.”

vīᄆu < vīḍu

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“hard; firm.”

tat < tad

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

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

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