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 8.73.5

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यद॒द्य कर्हि॒ कर्हि॑ चिच्छुश्रू॒यात॑मि॒मं हव॑म् । अन्ति॒ षद्भू॑तु वा॒मव॑: ॥
यदद्य कर्हि कर्हि चिच्छुश्रूयातमिमं हवम् । अन्ति षद्भूतु वामवः ॥
yad adya karhi karhi cic chuśrūyātam imaṃ havam | anti ṣad bhūtu vām avaḥ ||

English translation:

“If today, at some time, in some plural ce, you would but hear my invocation-- let your protection abide nearme.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gopavana ātreyaḥ [gopavana ātreya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): aśvinau ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यत् । अ॒द्य । कर्हि॑ । कर्हि॑ । चि॒त् । शु॒श्रू॒यात॑म् । इ॒मम् । हव॑म् । अन्ति॑ । सत् । भू॒तु॒ । वा॒म् । अवः॑ ॥
यत् । अद्य । कर्हि । कर्हि । चित् । शुश्रूयातम् । इमम् । हवम् । अन्ति । सत् । भूतु । वाम् । अवः ॥
yat | adya | karhi | karhi | cit | śuśrūyātam | imam | havam | anti | sat | bhūtu | vām | avaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.73.5 English analysis of grammar]

yad < yat

[adverb]

“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”

adya

[adverb]

“now; today; then; nowadays; adya [word].”

karhi

[adverb]

karhicicchuśrūyātam < karhicit

[adverb]

karhicicchuśrūyātam < śuśrūyātam < śru

[verb], dual, Perfect optative

“listen; come to know; hear; hear; listen; study; heed; learn.”

imaṃ < imam < idam

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

havam < hava

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“invocation.”

anti

[adverb]

ṣad < sat < as

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”

bhūtu < bhū

[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.”

vām < tvad

[noun], genitive, dual

“you.”

avaḥ < avas

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“aid; favor; protection.”

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