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 8.63.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स प्र॒त्नथा॑ कविवृ॒ध इन्द्रो॑ वा॒कस्य॑ व॒क्षणि॑: । शि॒वो अ॒र्कस्य॒ होम॑न्यस्म॒त्रा ग॒न्त्वव॑से ॥
स प्रत्नथा कविवृध इन्द्रो वाकस्य वक्षणिः । शिवो अर्कस्य होमन्यस्मत्रा गन्त्ववसे ॥
sa pratnathā kavivṛdha indro vākasya vakṣaṇiḥ | śivo arkasya homany asmatrā gantv avase ||
English translation:
“As in former times, so now too is Indra the blesser of the worshipper and the bearer of him who praiseshim; may he come among us auspicious for our protection at the oblation of the Soma.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): pragāthaḥ kāṇvaḥ [pragātha kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): virāḍanuṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सः । प्र॒त्नऽथा॑ । क॒वि॒ऽवृ॒धः । इन्द्रः॑ । वा॒कस्य॑ । व॒क्षणिः॑ । शि॒वः । अ॒र्कस्य॑ । होम॑नि । अ॒स्म॒ऽत्रा । ग॒न्तु॒ । अव॑से ॥
सः । प्रत्नथा । कविवृधः । इन्द्रः । वाकस्य । वक्षणिः । शिवः । अर्कस्य । होमनि । अस्मत्रा । गन्तु । अवसे ॥
saḥ | pratna-thā | kavi-vṛdhaḥ | indraḥ | vākasya | vakṣaṇiḥ | śivaḥ | arkasya | homani | asma-trā | gantu | avase
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.63.4 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, 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]
[noun], masculine
“poet; wise man; bard; Venus; Uśanas; kavi [word]; Kavi; prophet; guru; Brahma.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“increasing; promotive.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“auspicious; benevolent; benign; good-hearted; dear; śiva [word]; holy; nice.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sun; copper; Surya; hymn; twelve; fire; beam.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
[adverb]
[verb], singular, Aorist imperative
“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”
[verb noun]
“support; help; prefer; prefer; like.”