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 8.48.13
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वं सो॑म पि॒तृभि॑: संविदा॒नोऽनु॒ द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी आ त॑तन्थ । तस्मै॑ त इन्दो ह॒विषा॑ विधेम व॒यं स्या॑म॒ पत॑यो रयी॒णाम् ॥
त्वं सोम पितृभिः संविदानोऽनु द्यावापृथिवी आ ततन्थ । तस्मै त इन्दो हविषा विधेम वयं स्याम पतयो रयीणाम् ॥
tvaṃ soma pitṛbhiḥ saṃvidāno 'nu dyāvāpṛthivī ā tatantha | tasmai ta indo haviṣā vidhema vayaṃ syāma patayo rayīṇām ||
English translation:
“Soma, you in conjunction with the fathers do stretch our successively heaven and earth-- to you let usdo worship with oblations, may we be lords of wealth.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): pragāthaḥ kāṇvaḥ [pragātha kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): pādanicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वम् । सो॒म॒ । पि॒तृऽभिः॑ । स॒म्ऽवि॒दा॒नः । अनु॑ । द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी इति॑ । आ । त॒त॒न्थ॒ । तस्मै॑ । ते॒ । इ॒न्दो॒ इति॑ । ह॒विषा॑ । वि॒धे॒म॒ । व॒यम् । स्या॒म॒ । पत॑यः । र॒यी॒णाम् ॥
त्वम् । सोम । पितृभिः । सम्विदानः । अनु । द्यावापृथिवी इति । आ । ततन्थ । तस्मै । ते । इन्दो इति । हविषा । विधेम । वयम् । स्याम । पतयः । रयीणाम् ॥
tvam | soma | pitṛ-bhiḥ | sam-vidānaḥ | anu | dyāvāpṛthivī iti | ā | tatantha | tasmai | te | indo iti | haviṣā | vidhema | vayam | syāma | patayaḥ | rayīṇām
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.48.13 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular
“you.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“father; Pitṛ; ancestor; parent; paternal ancestor; pitṛ [word]; forefather.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“agree; know; match; recognize.”
[adverb]
“subsequently; behind; along; towards; because.”
[noun], accusative, dual, feminine
“heaven and earth; dyāvāpṛthivī [word].”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“expand; perform; cause; increase; write; spread; produce; spread; speak; propagate.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], dative, singular
“you.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“moon; Soma; drop; anusvāra; one; Candra; silver; camphor; point; juice.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“Havya; offering; ghee; havis [word].”
[verb], plural, Present optative
“worship; offer.”
[noun], nominative, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb], plural, Present optative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“husband; overlord; king; deity; īśvara; ruler; pati [word]; commanding officer; leader; owner; mayor; lord.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“wealth; property.”