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 8.61.7
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वं ह्येहि॒ चेर॑वे वि॒दा भगं॒ वसु॑त्तये । उद्वा॑वृषस्व मघव॒न्गवि॑ष्टय॒ उदि॒न्द्राश्व॑मिष्टये ॥
त्वं ह्येहि चेरवे विदा भगं वसुत्तये । उद्वावृषस्व मघवन्गविष्टय उदिन्द्राश्वमिष्टये ॥
tvaṃ hy ehi cerave vidā bhagaṃ vasuttaye | ud vāvṛṣasva maghavan gaviṣṭaya ud indrāśvamiṣṭaye ||
English translation:
“You are (bounteous), come, may you obtain wealth to distribute to the worshipper; shower your bounty,Maghavan, on me desiring cows, shower it, Indra, on me desiring horses.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Cerave = cetayitre = medhāvin, theworshiper
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bhargaḥ prāgāthaḥ [bharga prāgātha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): pādnicṛdbṛhatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वम् । हि । आ । इ॒हि॒ । चेर॑वे । वि॒दाः । भग॑म् । वसु॑त्तये । उत् । व॒वृ॒ष॒स्व॒ । म॒घ॒ऽव॒न् । गोऽइ॑ष्टये । उत् । इ॒न्द्र॒ । अश्व॑म्ऽइष्टये ॥
त्वम् । हि । आ । इहि । चेरवे । विदाः । भगम् । वसुत्तये । उत् । ववृषस्व । मघवन् । गोइष्टये । उत् । इन्द्र । अश्वम्इष्टये ॥
tvam | hi | ā | ihi | cerave | vidāḥ | bhagam | vasuttaye | ut | vavṛṣasva | magha-van | go--iṣṭaye | ut | indra | aśvam-iṣṭaye
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.61.7 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular
“you.”
[adverb]
“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“come; travel.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“know; diagnose; perceive; know; accord; notice; deem; mind; learn; specify; watch; recognize; detect; call.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Bhaga; vulva; good fortune; vagina; bhaga [word]; sun; well-being; happiness; overlord.”
[noun], dative, singular, feminine
[adverb]
“up.”
[verb], singular, Perfect imperative
“shower; rain; effuse; shower; drench.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; maghavan [word].”
[noun], dative, singular, feminine
“foray.”
[adverb]
“up.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], dative, singular, feminine