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 8.61.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तं हि स्व॒राजं॑ वृष॒भं तमोज॑से धि॒षणे॑ निष्टत॒क्षतु॑: । उ॒तोप॒मानां॑ प्रथ॒मो नि षी॑दसि॒ सोम॑कामं॒ हि ते॒ मन॑: ॥
तं हि स्वराजं वृषभं तमोजसे धिषणे निष्टतक्षतुः । उतोपमानां प्रथमो नि षीदसि सोमकामं हि ते मनः ॥
taṃ hi svarājaṃ vṛṣabhaṃ tam ojase dhiṣaṇe niṣṭatakṣatuḥ | utopamānām prathamo ni ṣīdasi somakāmaṃ hi te manaḥ ||
English translation:
“Him, self-resplendent, have heaven and earth formed as the showerer, him (they have formed) forstrength; therefore, you sit down first of your peers; your mind loved the Soma.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bhargaḥ prāgāthaḥ [bharga prāgātha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): paṅktiḥ ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तम् । हि । स्व॒ऽराज॑म् । वृ॒ष॒भम् । तम् । ओज॑से । धि॒षणे॑ । निः॒ऽत॒त॒क्षतुः॑ । उ॒त । उ॒प॒ऽमाना॑म् । प्र॒थ॒मः । नि । सी॒द॒सि॒ । सोम॑ऽकामम् । हि । ते॒ । मनः॑ ॥
तम् । हि । स्वराजम् । वृषभम् । तम् । ओजसे । धिषणे । निःततक्षतुः । उत । उपमानाम् । प्रथमः । नि । सीदसि । सोमकामम् । हि । ते । मनः ॥
tam | hi | sva-rājam | vṛṣabham | tam | ojase | dhiṣaṇe | niḥ-tatakṣatuḥ | uta | upa-mānām | prathamaḥ | ni | sīdasi | soma-kāmam | hi | te | manaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.61.2 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[adverb]
“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”
[noun]
“own(a); respective(a); akin(p); sva [word]; individual; present(a); independent.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“king; best; rāj; rāj [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“bull; Vṛṣabha; Vṛṣabha; best.”
[noun], accusative, 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, neuter
“strength; power; ojas; ojas [word]; potency; might.”
[noun], nominative, dual, feminine
“heaven and earth.”
[verb], dual, Perfect indicative
“create; fashion; carve; shape.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“best; topmost.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“first; prathama [word]; third; young; chief(a); best; antecedent.”
[adverb]
“back; down.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“sit down; break down; slow; sink; crumble; fracture; perish; ride; stop; besiege; tire.”
[noun], masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“wish; desire; sexual love; sexual desire; desire; Kama; sensuality; love; purpose; sexual arousal; pleasure; enjoyment; licentiousness; kāma [word]; sexual intercourse; thorn apple; wish.”
[adverb]
“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“mind; Manas; purpose; idea; attention; heart; decision; manas [word]; manas [indecl.]; spirit; temper; intelligence.”