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 8.65.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यदि॑न्द्र॒ प्रागपा॒गुद॒ङ्न्य॑ग्वा हू॒यसे॒ नृभि॑: । आ या॑हि॒ तूय॑मा॒शुभि॑: ॥
यदिन्द्र प्रागपागुदङ्न्यग्वा हूयसे नृभिः । आ याहि तूयमाशुभिः ॥
yad indra prāg apāg udaṅ nyag vā hūyase nṛbhiḥ | ā yāhi tūyam āśubhiḥ ||
English translation:
“Whether you are invoked by us, the leaders of rites, from the east, the west, the norh, or the south,come here quickly with your rapid steeds.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): pragāthaḥ kāṇvaḥ [pragātha kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यत् । इ॒न्द्र॒ । प्राक् । अपा॑क् । उद॑क् । न्य॑क् । वा॒ । हू॒यसे॑ । नृऽभिः॑ । आ । या॒हि॒ । तूय॑म् । आ॒शुऽभिः॑ ॥
यत् । इन्द्र । प्राक् । अपाक् । उदक् । न्यक् । वा । हूयसे । नृभिः । आ । याहि । तूयम् । आशुभिः ॥
yat | indra | prāk | apāk | udak | nyak | vā | hūyase | nṛ-bhiḥ | ā | yāhi | tūyam | āśu-bhiḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.65.1 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“eastern; aforesaid(a); former(a); eastbound; easterly; anterior; forward; prāñc [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“backward; apāñc [word]; western.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“northern; northbound; udañc [word]; northerly.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
[adverb]
“or; optionally; either.”
[verb], singular, Indikativ Pr￤s. Passiv
“raise; call on; call; summon.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“quick; fast; potent.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“quick; fast; immediate; agile.”