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 8.68.5

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒भिष्ट॑ये स॒दावृ॑धं॒ स्व॑र्मीळ्हेषु॒ यं नर॑: । नाना॒ हव॑न्त ऊ॒तये॑ ॥
अभिष्टये सदावृधं स्वर्मीळ्हेषु यं नरः । नाना हवन्त ऊतये ॥
abhiṣṭaye sadāvṛdhaṃ svarmīḻheṣu yaṃ naraḥ | nānā havanta ūtaye ||

English translation:

“(I invoke him) to come to our help, whose might ever waxes more and more-- to whom men appeal foraid in various ways in battles.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): priyamedhaḥ [priyamedha];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒भिष्ट॑ये । स॒दाऽवृ॑धम् । स्वः॒ऽमीळ्हेषु । यम् । नरः॑ । नाना॑ । हव॑न्ते । ऊ॒तये॑ ॥
अभिष्टये । सदावृधम् । स्वःमीळ्हेषु । यम् । नरः । नाना । हवन्ते । ऊतये ॥
abhiṣṭaye | sadāvṛdham | svaḥ-mīḷheṣu | yam | naraḥ | nānā | havante | ūtaye

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.68.5 English analysis of grammar]

abhiṣṭaye < abhiṣṭi

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

“prevalence; protection.”

sadāvṛdhaṃ < sadāvṛdham < sadāvṛdha

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

svarmīᄆheṣu < svar

[noun], neuter

“sun; sky; sunlight.”

svarmīᄆheṣu < mīḍheṣu < mīḍha

[noun], locative, plural, neuter

yaṃ < yam < yad

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

naraḥ < nṛ

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”

nānā

[adverb]

“variously; differently; many; individually.”

havanta < havante < hvā

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“raise; call on; call; summon.”

ūtaye < ūti

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

“aid; favor; ūti [word].”

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