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 8.45.10

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

वृ॒ज्याम॑ ते॒ परि॒ द्विषोऽरं॑ ते शक्र दा॒वने॑ । ग॒मेमेदि॑न्द्र॒ गोम॑तः ॥
वृज्याम ते परि द्विषोऽरं ते शक्र दावने । गमेमेदिन्द्र गोमतः ॥
vṛjyāma te pari dviṣo 'raṃ te śakra dāvane | gamemed indra gomataḥ ||

English translation:

“Surround Indra, may we escape your enemies; may we come to you abundantly for your gifts, rich incattle.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

वृ॒ज्याम॑ । ते॒ । परि॑ । द्विषः॑ । अर॑म् । ते॒ । श॒क्र॒ । दा॒वने॑ । ग॒मेम॑ । इत् । इ॒न्द्र॒ । गोऽम॑तः ॥
वृज्याम । ते । परि । द्विषः । अरम् । ते । शक्र । दावने । गमेम । इत् । इन्द्र । गोमतः ॥
vṛjyāma | te | pari | dviṣaḥ | aram | te | śakra | dāvane | gamema | it | indra | go--mataḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.45.10 English analysis of grammar]

vṛjyāma < vṛj

[verb], plural, Aorist optative

te < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

pari

[adverb]

“from; about; around.”

dviṣo < dviṣaḥ < dviṣ

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“hate; dviṣ; hostility; hostility.”

'raṃ < aram

[adverb]

te < tvad

[noun], dative, singular

“you.”

śakra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Indra; Terminalia arjuna (Roxb.) Wight et Arn.; ivory tree.”

dāvane <

[verb noun]

“give; add; perform; put; administer; fill into; give; ignite; put on; offer; use; fuel; pour; grant; feed; teach; construct; insert; drip; wrap; pay; hand over; lend; inflict; concentrate; sacrifice; splint; poultice; create.”

gamemed < gamema < gam

[verb], plural, Aorist optative

“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.”

gamemed < id

[adverb]

“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”

gomataḥ < gomat

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“rich in cattle; bovine.”

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