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 8.68.9
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वोता॑स॒स्त्वा यु॒जाप्सु सूर्ये॑ म॒हद्धन॑म् । जये॑म पृ॒त्सु व॑ज्रिवः ॥
त्वोतासस्त्वा युजाप्सु सूर्ये महद्धनम् । जयेम पृत्सु वज्रिवः ॥
tvotāsas tvā yujāpsu sūrye mahad dhanam | jayema pṛtsu vajrivaḥ ||
English translation:
“Protected by you, O thunderer, with you as our ally, may we win great wealth in battles, that we maybathe in the water and behold he sun.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Apsu sūrye: that we may perform our accusative tomed bathings in the water,and, when he sun is risen, may set about our accusative tomed tasks
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): priyamedhaḥ [priyamedha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): pādanicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
त्वाऽऊ॑तासः । त्वा । यु॒जा । अ॒प्ऽसु । सूर्ये॑ । म॒हत् । धन॑म् । जये॑म । पृ॒त्ऽसु । व॒ज्रि॒ऽवः॒ ॥
त्वाऊतासः । त्वा । युजा । अप्सु । सूर्ये । महत् । धनम् । जयेम । पृत्सु । वज्रिवः ॥
tvāūtāsaḥ | tvā | yujā | ap-su | sūrye | mahat | dhanam | jayema | pṛt-su | vajri-vaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.68.9 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
[noun], instrumental, singular
“you.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“ally; friend; pair; two; companion.”
[noun], locative, plural, feminine
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“large; eminent; great; loud; dangerous; strong; long; high; much(a); mahant [word]; ample; very; great; adult; important; dark; high; abundant; violent; remarkable; mighty; big; long.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“wealth; property; money; treasure; prize; dhana [word]; valuable; dhan; capital; fight.”
[verb], plural, Present optative
“overcome; cure; win; conquer; control; win; succeed; remove; beat; govern; surpass; suppress.”
[noun], locative, plural, feminine
“battle.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine