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 8.56.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्रति॑ ते दस्यवे वृक॒ राधो॑ अद॒र्श्यह्र॑यम् । द्यौर्न प्र॑थि॒ना शव॑: ॥
प्रति ते दस्यवे वृक राधो अदर्श्यह्रयम् । द्यौर्न प्रथिना शवः ॥
prati te dasyave vṛka rādho adarśy ahrayam | dyaur na prathinā śavaḥ ||
English translation:
“Your inexhaustible gift has appeared, O Dasyave vṛka, its fullness is in extent like the sky.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): pṛṣadhraḥ kāṇvaḥ [pṛṣadhra kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): praskaṇvasya dānastutiḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्रति॑ । ते॒ । द॒स्य॒वे॒ । वृ॒क॒ । राधः॑ । अ॒द॒र्शि॒ । अह्र॑यम् । द्यौः । न । प्र॒थि॒ना । शवः॑ ॥
प्रति । ते । दस्यवे । वृक । राधः । अदर्शि । अह्रयम् । द्यौः । न । प्रथिना । शवः ॥
prati | te | dasyave | vṛka | rādhaḥ | adarśi | ahrayam | dyauḥ | na | prathinā | śavaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.56.1 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; per; regarding; respectively; according to; until.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“savage; outcast; mugger.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“wolf; Vṛka; vṛka [word]; Vṛka.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“gift; munificence; liberality; bounty.”
[verb], singular, Aorist passive
“see; observe; view; visit; look; learn; meet; read; teach; examine; watch; see; notice; perceive; diagnose; travel to; show; detect; know; know; understand; understand; follow.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“strength; power; superiority.”