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 8.72.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒न्तरि॑च्छन्ति॒ तं जने॑ रु॒द्रं प॒रो म॑नी॒षया॑ । गृ॒भ्णन्ति॑ जि॒ह्वया॑ स॒सम् ॥
अन्तरिच्छन्ति तं जने रुद्रं परो मनीषया । गृभ्णन्ति जिह्वया ससम् ॥
antar icchanti taṃ jane rudram paro manīṣayā | gṛbhṇanti jihvayā sasam ||
English translation:
“For the sake of the offerer, they seek by their skill to plural ce Rudra in the fore-front; they seize, as hesleeps, with their tongues.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
With their tongues: with their hymns
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): haryataḥ prāgāthaḥ [haryata prāgātha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agnirharvīṣi vā ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒न्तः । इ॒च्छ॒न्ति॒ । तम् । जने॑ । रु॒द्रम् । प॒रः । म॒नी॒षया॑ । गृ॒भ्णन्ति॑ । जि॒ह्वया॑ । स॒सम् ॥
अन्तः । इच्छन्ति । तम् । जने । रुद्रम् । परः । मनीषया । गृभ्णन्ति । जिह्वया । ससम् ॥
antaḥ | icchanti | tam | jane | rudram | paraḥ | manīṣayā | gṛbhṇanti | jihvayā | sasam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.72.3 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“inside; in; antar [word]; midmost; between; among.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“desire; recommend; approve; seek; call; search; try; prefer; love; commend; assent; permit; choose.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“people; national; man; relative; jan; Janaloka; person; jana [word]; man; attendant; Jana; foreigner; inhabitant; group.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Shiva; Rudra; eleven; rudra [word]; eleventh.”
[adverb]
“beyond; away; farther.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“hymn; inspiration; idea; thinking; wish; consideration; intelligence.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“take; grasp; take out; extract; perceive; pick; assume; include; accept; understand; use; learn; possess; keep; choose; accept; afflict; suck; paralyze; mention; mistake; eat; wear; embrace; fill into; capture; eclipse; get; collect; hand down; marry; heed; touch.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“tongue; tongue; jihvā [word]; fire.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine