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 8.68.11
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यस्य॑ ते स्वा॒दु स॒ख्यं स्वा॒द्वी प्रणी॑तिरद्रिवः । य॒ज्ञो वि॑तन्त॒साय्य॑: ॥
यस्य ते स्वादु सख्यं स्वाद्वी प्रणीतिरद्रिवः । यज्ञो वितन्तसाय्यः ॥
yasya te svādu sakhyaṃ svādvī praṇītir adrivaḥ | yajño vitantasāyyaḥ ||
English translation:
“You, the thunderer, whose friendship is sweet, sweet too is your liberality, and your sacrificepre-eminently to be performed.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): priyamedhaḥ [priyamedha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): virāḍgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यस्य॑ । ते॒ । स्वा॒दु । स॒ख्यम् । स्वा॒द्वी । प्रऽनी॑तिः । अ॒द्रि॒ऽवः॒ । य॒ज्ञः । वि॒त॒न्त॒साय्यः॑ ॥
यस्य । ते । स्वादु । सख्यम् । स्वाद्वी । प्रनीतिः । अद्रिवः । यज्ञः । वितन्तसाय्यः ॥
yasya | te | svādu | sakhyam | svādvī | pra-nītiḥ | adri-vaḥ | yajñaḥ | vitantasāyyaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.68.11 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“Madhura; sweet; sweet; dainty; agreeable.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“friendship; aid; company.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“Madhura; sweet; sweet; dainty; agreeable.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“guidance; guidance.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“rocky; petrous.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“yajña; religious ceremony; Vishnu; yajña [word]; Yajña; Shiva.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine