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 8.68.14
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उप॑ मा॒ षड्द्वाद्वा॒ नर॒: सोम॑स्य॒ हर्ष्या॑ । तिष्ठ॑न्ति स्वादुरा॒तय॑: ॥
उप मा षड्द्वाद्वा नरः सोमस्य हर्ष्या । तिष्ठन्ति स्वादुरातयः ॥
upa mā ṣaḍ dvā-dvā naraḥ somasya harṣyā | tiṣṭhanti svādurātayaḥ ||
English translation:
“Six princes come to me in pairs, bearing plural asant gifts, in the exhilaration of the Soma.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): priyamedhaḥ [priyamedha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): ṛkṣāśvamedhayordānastutiḥ ;
Chandas (meter): pādanicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उप॑ । मा॒ । षट् । द्वाऽद्वा॑ । नरः॑ । सोम॑स्य । हर्ष्या॑ । तिष्ठ॑न्ति । स्वा॒दु॒ऽरा॒तयः॑ ॥
उप । मा । षट् । द्वाद्वा । नरः । सोमस्य । हर्ष्या । तिष्ठन्ति । स्वादुरातयः ॥
upa | mā | ṣaṭ | dvādvā | naraḥ | somasya | harṣyā | tiṣṭhanti | svādu-rātayaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.68.14 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; on; next.”
[noun], accusative, singular
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“six; ṣaṣ; sixth; ṣaṣ [word].”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“two; dvi [word]; second.”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“two; dvi [word]; second.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“man; man; Nara; person; people; Nara; Puruṣa; nara [word]; servant; hero.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[adverb]
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“stay; stand; situate; exist; [in]; resist; endure; put; soak; be; stop; adhere; get stale; concentrate; grow; trust; wake; consociate; last; dwell; lie; stand; stop.”
[noun]
“Madhura; sweet; sweet; dainty; agreeable.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“gift; bounty; favor.”