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 8.65.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यद्वा॑ प्र॒स्रव॑णे दि॒वो मा॒दया॑से॒ स्व॑र्णरे । यद्वा॑ समु॒द्रे अन्ध॑सः ॥
यद्वा प्रस्रवणे दिवो मादयासे स्वर्णरे । यद्वा समुद्रे अन्धसः ॥
yad vā prasravaṇe divo mādayāse svarṇare | yad vā samudre andhasaḥ ||

English translation:

“Whether you rejoice in the ambrosia-fountain of heaven, or in some other heavenward-leading sacrifice(on earth), or in the ocean-like firmament of the waters.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Ocean-like firmament: andhas = food; water as thecause of food; yadvā samudra andhasas = or, inthe Soma vat

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 । वा॒ । प्र॒ऽस्रव॑णे । दि॒वः । मा॒दया॑से । स्वः॑ऽनरे । यत् । वा॒ । स॒मु॒द्रे । अन्ध॑सः ॥
यत् । वा । प्रस्रवणे । दिवः । मादयासे । स्वःनरे । यत् । वा । समुद्रे । अन्धसः ॥
yat | vā | pra-sravaṇe | divaḥ | mādayāse | svaḥ-nare | yat | vā | samudre | andhasaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.65.2 English analysis of grammar]

yad < yat

[adverb]

“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”

[adverb]

“or; optionally; either.”

prasravaṇe < prasravaṇa

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“waterfall; spring; discharge.”

divo < divaḥ < div

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“sky; Svarga; day; div [word]; heaven and earth; day; dawn.”

mādayāse < māday < √mad

[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)

“delight; enjoy; intoxicate.”

svarṇare < svarṇara

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

yad < yat

[adverb]

“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”

[adverb]

“or; optionally; either.”

samudre < samudra

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“ocean; Samudra; sea; samudra [word]; four.”

andhasaḥ < andhas

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“Soma; drink; amṛta.”

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