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 8.55.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सु॒दे॒वाः स्थ॑ काण्वायना॒ वयो॑वयो विच॒रन्त॑: । अश्वा॑सो॒ न च॑ङ्क्रमत ॥
सुदेवाः स्थ काण्वायना वयोवयो विचरन्तः । अश्वासो न चङ्क्रमत ॥
sudevāḥ stha kāṇvāyanā vayo-vayo vicarantaḥ | aśvāso na caṅkramata ||
English translation:
“May youu have the gods propitious to you, O descendants of Kaṇva, living through youth on youth;step out vigorously like steed.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kṛśaḥ kāṇvaḥ [kṛśa kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): praskaṇvasya dānastutiḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सु॒ऽदे॒वाः । स्थ॒ । का॒ण्वा॒य॒नाः॒ । वयः॑ऽवयः । वि॒ऽच॒रन्तः॑ । अश्वा॑सः । न । च॒ङ्क्र॒म॒त॒ ॥
सुदेवाः । स्थ । काण्वायनाः । वयःवयः । विचरन्तः । अश्वासः । न । चङ्क्रमत ॥
su-devāḥ | stha | kāṇvāyanāḥ | vayaḥ-vayaḥ | vi-carantaḥ | aśvāsaḥ | na | caṅkramata
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.55.4 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“age; vigor; old age; strength; vayas [word]; aging; power; youth; food.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“age; vigor; old age; strength; vayas [word]; aging; power; youth; food.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“wander; travel; vraj; be active.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[verb], plural, Present indikative