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 8.64.9
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
कं ते॑ दा॒ना अ॑सक्षत॒ वृत्र॑ह॒न्कं सु॒वीर्या॑ । उ॒क्थे क उ॑ स्वि॒दन्त॑मः ॥
कं ते दाना असक्षत वृत्रहन्कं सुवीर्या । उक्थे क उ स्विदन्तमः ॥
kaṃ te dānā asakṣata vṛtrahan kaṃ suvīryā | ukthe ka u svid antamaḥ ||
English translation:
“In what character, O slayer of Vṛtra, do the sacrificial offerings honour you, or the brave praises in thehymn? Who is nearest (in time of battle)?”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): pragāthaḥ kāṇvaḥ [pragātha kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
कम् । ते॒ । दा॒नाः । अ॒स॒क्ष॒त॒ । वृत्र॑ऽहन् । कम् । सु॒ऽवीर्या॑ । उ॒क्थे । कः । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । स्वि॒त् । अन्त॑मः ॥
कम् । ते । दानाः । असक्षत । वृत्रहन् । कम् । सुवीर्या । उक्थे । कः । ऊँ इति । स्वित् । अन्तमः ॥
kam | te | dānāḥ | asakṣata | vṛtra-han | kam | su-vīryā | ukthe | kaḥ | oṃ iti | svit | antamaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.64.9 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“what; who; ka [pronoun].”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, plural, neuter
“giving; gift; bribery; performance; addition; yajña; fueling; teaching.”
[verb], plural, Athematic s aor. (Ind.)
“adhere; cling; cling; break.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“what; who; ka [pronoun].”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], nominative, plural, neuter
“potency; vīrya; heroism; potency; strength; semen; power; deed; active agent; efficacy; vīryapāramitā; gold; vigor; vīrya [word]; virility; manfulness; jewel; force.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“hymn; praise; uktha [word]; encomium.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“what; who; ka [pronoun].”
[adverb]
“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”
[adverb]
“svid [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“intimate; bosom(a).”