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 8.74.9

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सा द्यु॒म्नैर्द्यु॒म्निनी॑ बृ॒हदुपो॑प॒ श्रव॑सि॒ श्रव॑: । दधी॑त वृत्र॒तूर्ये॑ ॥
सा द्युम्नैर्द्युम्निनी बृहदुपोप श्रवसि श्रवः । दधीत वृत्रतूर्ये ॥
sā dyumnair dyumninī bṛhad upopa śravasi śravaḥ | dadhīta vṛtratūrye ||

English translation:

“May this (hymn) the rich source of wealth, heap abundance on our abundance (with stores won fromour enemies) in battle.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सा । द्यु॒म्नैः । द्यु॒म्निनी॑ । बृ॒हत् । उप॑ऽउप । श्रव॑सि । श्रवः॑ । दधी॑त । वृ॒त्र॒ऽतूर्ये॑ ॥
सा । द्युम्नैः । द्युम्निनी । बृहत् । उपउप । श्रवसि । श्रवः । दधीत । वृत्रतूर्ये ॥
sā | dyumnaiḥ | dyumninī | bṛhat | upa-upa | śravasi | śravaḥ | dadhīta | vṛtra-tūrye

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.74.9 English analysis of grammar]

< tad

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

dyumnair < dyumnaiḥ < dyumna

[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter

“magnificence.”

dyumninī < dyumnin

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“powerful; imperial.”

bṛhad < bṛhat

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“large; great; loud; high; much(a); exalted; abundant; intensive; strong; huge.”

upopa < upa

[adverb]

“towards; on; next.”

upopa < upa

[adverb]

“towards; on; next.”

śravasi < śravas

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“fame; glory; ear.”

śravaḥ < śravas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“fame; glory; ear.”

dadhīta < dhā

[verb], singular, Present optative

“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”

vṛtratūrye < vṛtratūrya

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“battle.”

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