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 8.73.17
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒श्विना॒ सु वि॒चाक॑शद्वृ॒क्षं प॑रशु॒माँ इ॑व । अन्ति॒ षद्भू॑तु वा॒मव॑: ॥
अश्विना सु विचाकशद्वृक्षं परशुमाँ इव । अन्ति षद्भूतु वामवः ॥
aśvinā su vicākaśad vṛkṣam paraśumām̐ iva | anti ṣad bhūtu vām avaḥ ||
English translation:
“Aśvins, the splendidly-brilliant (sun cleaves the darkness) as the woodman with his axe a tree; let yourprotection abide near 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]:
अ॒श्विना॑ । सु । वि॒ऽचाक॑शत् । वृ॒क्षम् । प॒र॒शु॒मान्ऽइ॑व । अन्ति॑ । सत् । भू॒तु॒ । वा॒म् । अवः॑ ॥
अश्विना । सु । विचाकशत् । वृक्षम् । परशुमान्इव । अन्ति । सत् । भूतु । वाम् । अवः ॥
aśvinā | su | vi-cākaśat | vṛkṣam | paraśumān-iva | anti | sat | bhūtu | vām | avaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.73.17 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
“Asvins; two.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“inspect; visit.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“tree; fruit tree.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[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.”