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 8.47.11
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
आदि॑त्या॒ अव॒ हि ख्यताधि॒ कूला॑दिव॒ स्पश॑: । सु॒ती॒र्थमर्व॑तो य॒थानु॑ नो नेषथा सु॒गम॑ने॒हसो॑ व ऊ॒तय॑: सु॒तयो॑ व ऊ॒तय॑: ॥
आदित्या अव हि ख्यताधि कूलादिव स्पशः । सुतीर्थमर्वतो यथानु नो नेषथा सुगमनेहसो व ऊतयः सुतयो व ऊतयः ॥
ādityā ava hi khyatādhi kūlād iva spaśaḥ | sutīrtham arvato yathānu no neṣathā sugam anehaso va ūtayaḥ suūtayo va ūtayaḥ ||
English translation:
“Ādityas, look down upon us as those who look from the shore; as (men lead) their horses to a secureGhāṭa, so conduct us along a good path; your aids are void of harm, your aids are void of harm, your aids aretrue aids.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Who lok from the shore: spaśaḥ = spaṣṭaḥ, visible, from spas. to see; as a man standing on theshore looks down on the water below or on some one in it
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): trita āptyaḥ [trita āptya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): ādityāḥ ;
Chandas (meter): svarāṭtriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
आदि॑त्याः । अव॑ । हि । ख्यत॑ । अधि॑ । कूला॑त्ऽइव । स्पशः॑ । सु॒ऽती॒र्थम् । अर्व॑तः । य॒था॒ । अनु॑ । नः॒ । ने॒ष॒थ॒ । सु॒ऽगम् । अ॒ने॒हसः॑ । वः॒ । ऊ॒तयः॑ । सु॒ऽऊ॒तयः॑ । वः॒ । ऊ॒तयः॑ ॥
आदित्याः । अव । हि । ख्यत । अधि । कूलात्इव । स्पशः । सुतीर्थम् । अर्वतः । यथा । अनु । नः । नेषथ । सुगम् । अनेहसः । वः । ऊतयः । सुऊतयः । वः । ऊतयः ॥
ādityāḥ | ava | hi | khyata | adhi | kūlāt-iva | spaśaḥ | su-tīrtham | arvataḥ | yathā | anu | naḥ | neṣatha | su-gam | anehasaḥ | vaḥ | ūtayaḥ | su-ūtayaḥ | vaḥ | ūtayaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.47.11 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“sun; Aditya; Surya; āditya [word].”
[adverb]
“down.”
[adverb]
“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”
[verb], plural, Aorist imperative
“name; describe; call; enumerate; watch; know.”
[adverb]
“on; from; accordingly.”
[noun], ablative, singular, neuter
“bank; shore; kūla [word].”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“lookout; spy; spaś.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“Tīrtha; ford; tīrtha [word]; guru; administrator; fingertip; landing.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“horse.”
[adverb]
“equally; as; so that; like; how; yathā [word]; that; wherein.”
[adverb]
“subsequently; behind; along; towards; because.”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb], plural, Aorist conj./subj.
“bring; lead; spend; decant; enter (a state); remove; take out; take away; enforce; marry; carry; fill into; bring; learn; go out; add.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“faultless; anehas [word]; incomparable.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“you.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“aid; favor; ūti [word].”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“aid; favor; ūti [word].”
[noun], genitive, plural
“you.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“aid; favor; ūti [word].”