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 8.73.4
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
कुह॑ स्थ॒: कुह॑ जग्मथु॒: कुह॑ श्ये॒नेव॑ पेतथुः । अन्ति॒ षद्भू॑तु वा॒मव॑: ॥
कुह स्थः कुह जग्मथुः कुह श्येनेव पेतथुः । अन्ति षद्भूतु वामवः ॥
kuha sthaḥ kuha jagmathuḥ kuha śyeneva petathuḥ | anti ṣad bhūtu vām avaḥ ||
English translation:
“Where are you? Whither are you gone? Wither have you flown like hawks? Let your protection abidenear me.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gopavana ātreyaḥ [gopavana ātreya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): aśvinau ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
कुह॑ । स्थः॒ । कुह॑ । ज॒ग्म॒थुः॒ । कुह॑ । श्ये॒नाऽइ॑व । पे॒त॒थुः॒ । अन्ति॑ । सत् । भू॒तु॒ । वा॒म् । अवः॑ ॥
कुह । स्थः । कुह । जग्मथुः । कुह । श्येनाइव । पेतथुः । अन्ति । सत् । भूतु । वाम् । अवः ॥
kuha | sthaḥ | kuha | jagmathuḥ | kuha | śyenāiva | petathuḥ | anti | sat | bhūtu | vām | avaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.73.4 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“wherein.”
[verb], dual, Present indikative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[adverb]
“wherein.”
[verb], dual, Perfect indicative
“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”
[adverb]
“wherein.”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“hawk; bird of prey; falcon; Śyena; eagle; śyena [word]; Śyena.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[verb], dual, Perfect indicative
“fall down; drop; fly; issue; fall; fall; decay; hang down; banish; throw; lodge; disappear.”
[adverb]
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[verb], singular, Aorist imperative
“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”
[noun], genitive, dual
“you.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“aid; favor; protection.”