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 8.63.10

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तद्दधा॑ना अव॒स्यवो॑ यु॒ष्माभि॒र्दक्ष॑पितरः । स्याम॑ म॒रुत्व॑तो वृ॒धे ॥
तद्दधाना अवस्यवो युष्माभिर्दक्षपितरः । स्याम मरुत्वतो वृधे ॥
tad dadhānā avasyavo yuṣmābhir dakṣapitaraḥ | syāma marutvato vṛdhe ||

English translation:

“Presenting our praise, and desiring protection, may we with you (O priests) be lords of food, to offersacrifice to (Indra) attended by the Maruts.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): pragāthaḥ kāṇvaḥ [pragātha kāṇva];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तत् । दधा॑नाः । अ॒व॒स्यवः॑ । यु॒ष्माभिः॑ । दक्ष॑ऽपितरः । स्याम॑ । म॒रुत्व॑तः । वृ॒धे ॥
तत् । दधानाः । अवस्यवः । युष्माभिः । दक्षपितरः । स्याम । मरुत्वतः । वृधे ॥
tat | dadhānāḥ | avasyavaḥ | yuṣmābhiḥ | dakṣa-pitaraḥ | syāma | marutvataḥ | vṛdhe

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.63.10 English analysis of grammar]

tad < tat < tad

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

dadhānā < dadhānāḥ < dhā

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”

avasyavo < avasyavaḥ < avasyu

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“seeking protection; helpless.”

yuṣmābhir < yuṣmābhiḥ < tvad

[noun], instrumental, plural

“you.”

dakṣapitaraḥ < dakṣa

[noun], masculine

“Dakṣa; ability; cock; fitness; will; purpose; disposition; cock.”

dakṣapitaraḥ < pitaraḥ < pitṛ

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“father; Pitṛ; ancestor; parent; paternal ancestor; pitṛ [word]; forefather.”

syāma < as

[verb], plural, Present optative

“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”

marutvato < marutvataḥ < marutvant

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“Indra; marutvant [word].”

vṛdhe < vṛdh

[verb noun]

“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”

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