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 8.45.8
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वि षु विश्वा॑ अभि॒युजो॒ वज्रि॒न्विष्व॒ग्यथा॑ वृह । भवा॑ नः सु॒श्रव॑स्तमः ॥
वि षु विश्वा अभियुजो वज्रिन्विष्वग्यथा वृह । भवा नः सुश्रवस्तमः ॥
vi ṣu viśvā abhiyujo vajrin viṣvag yathā vṛha | bhavā naḥ suśravastamaḥ ||
English translation:
“Thunderer, smite all your enemies that you may be scattered-- be to us a most abundant benefactor.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): triśokaḥ kāṇvaḥ [triśoka kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वि । सु । विश्वाः॑ । अ॒भि॒ऽयुजः॑ । वज्रि॑न् । विष्व॑क् । यथा॑ । वृ॒ह॒ । भव॑ । नः॒ । सु॒श्रवः॑ऽतमः ॥
वि । सु । विश्वाः । अभियुजः । वज्रिन् । विष्वक् । यथा । वृह । भव । नः । सुश्रवःतमः ॥
vi | su | viśvāḥ | abhi-yujaḥ | vajrin | viṣvak | yathā | vṛha | bhava | naḥ | suśravaḥ-tamaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.45.8 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“attack; attack.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; vajra; Euphorbia neriifolia L.; abhra; Buddha.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“dispersed; viṣvañc [word].”
[adverb]
“equally; as; so that; like; how; yathā [word]; that; wherein.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“extract.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine