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 8.61.8

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्वं पु॒रू स॒हस्रा॑णि श॒तानि॑ च यू॒था दा॒नाय॑ मंहसे । आ पु॑रंद॒रं च॑कृम॒ विप्र॑वचस॒ इन्द्रं॒ गाय॒न्तोऽव॑से ॥
त्वं पुरू सहस्राणि शतानि च यूथा दानाय मंहसे । आ पुरंदरं चकृम विप्रवचस इन्द्रं गायन्तोऽवसे ॥
tvam purū sahasrāṇi śatāni ca yūthā dānāya maṃhase | ā puraṃdaraṃ cakṛma vipravacasa indraṃ gāyanto 'vase ||

English translation:

“You grant many hundreds and thousands of herds as a gift (to the offerer), uttering long praises, we,hymning Indra, the destroyer of cities, bring him before us for our protection.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bhargaḥ prāgāthaḥ [bharga prāgātha];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛtpaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्वम् । पु॒रु । स॒हस्रा॑णि । श॒तानि॑ । च॒ । यू॒था । दा॒नाय॑ । मं॒ह॒से॒ । आ । पु॒र॒म्ऽद॒रम् । च॒कृ॒म॒ । विप्र॑ऽवचसः । इन्द्र॑म् । गाय॑न्तः । अव॑से ॥
त्वम् । पुरु । सहस्राणि । शतानि । च । यूथा । दानाय । मंहसे । आ । पुरम्दरम् । चकृम । विप्रवचसः । इन्द्रम् । गायन्तः । अवसे ॥
tvam | puru | sahasrāṇi | śatāni | ca | yūthā | dānāya | maṃhase | ā | puram-daram | cakṛma | vipra-vacasaḥ | indram | gāyantaḥ | avase

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.61.8 English analysis of grammar]

tvam < tvad

[noun], nominative, singular

“you.”

purū < puru

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“many; much(a); very.”

sahasrāṇi < sahasra

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“thousand; one-thousandth; sahasra [word].”

śatāni < śata

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“hundred; one-hundredth; śata [word].”

ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

yūthā < yūtha

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“herd; troop; battalion.”

dānāya < dāna

[noun], dative, singular, neuter

“giving; gift; bribery; performance; addition; yajña; fueling; teaching.”

maṃhase < mah

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“give; accord.”

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

purandaraṃ < purandaram < puraṃdara

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Indra; puraṃdara [word].”

cakṛma < kṛ

[verb], plural, Perfect indicative

“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”

vipravacasa < vipra

[noun]

“eloquent; stimulated; divine.”

vipravacasa < vacasaḥ < vacas

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“statement; command; speech; words; advice; word; voice.”

indraṃ < indram < indra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”

gāyanto < gāyantaḥ <

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“sing; praise; jap; recite; describe.”

'vase < avase < av

[verb noun]

“support; help; prefer; prefer; like.”

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