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 8.67.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तेषां॒ हि चि॒त्रमु॒क्थ्यं१॒॑ वरू॑थ॒मस्ति॑ दा॒शुषे॑ । आ॒दि॒त्याना॑मरं॒कृते॑ ॥
तेषां हि चित्रमुक्थ्यं वरूथमस्ति दाशुषे । आदित्यानामरंकृते ॥
teṣāṃ hi citram ukthyaṃ varūtham asti dāśuṣe | ādityānām araṃkṛte ||

English translation:

“To those Ādityas belongs wonderful wealth, worthy of all praise, (laid up) for the offerer of oblationsand the sacrificer.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): matsyaḥ sāmmado mānyo vā maitrāvaruṇirbahavo vā matsyā jālanadhdāḥ [matsya sāmmada mānya vā maitrāvaruṇirbahava vā matsyā jālanadhdāḥ];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): ādityāḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तेषा॑म् । हि । चि॒त्रम् । उ॒क्थ्य॑म् । वरू॑थम् । अस्ति॑ । दा॒शुषे॑ । आ॒दि॒त्याना॑म् । अ॒र॒म्ऽकृते॑ ॥
तेषाम् । हि । चित्रम् । उक्थ्यम् । वरूथम् । अस्ति । दाशुषे । आदित्यानाम् । अरम्कृते ॥
teṣām | hi | citram | ukthyam | varūtham | asti | dāśuṣe | ādityānām | aram-kṛte

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.67.3 English analysis of grammar]

teṣāṃ < teṣām < tad

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

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

hi

[adverb]

“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”

citram < citra

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“manifold; extraordinary; beautiful; divers(a); varicolored; bright; bright; bright; outstanding; agitated; aglitter(p); brilliant; painted; obvious; patched; bizarre.”

ukthyaṃ < ukthyam < ukthya

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“applaudable.”

varūtham < varūtha

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“defense; protective covering.”

asti < as

[verb], singular, Present indikative

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

dāśuṣe < dāś

[verb noun], dative, singular

“sacrifice; give.”

ādityānām < āditya

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“sun; Aditya; Surya; āditya [word].”

araṅkṛte < araṃkṛt

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

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