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 8.77.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ज॒ज्ञा॒नो नु श॒तक्र॑तु॒र्वि पृ॑च्छ॒दिति॑ मा॒तर॑म् । क उ॒ग्राः के ह॑ शृण्विरे ॥
जज्ञानो नु शतक्रतुर्वि पृच्छदिति मातरम् । क उग्राः के ह शृण्विरे ॥
jajñāno nu śatakratur vi pṛcchad iti mātaram | ka ugrāḥ ke ha śṛṇvire ||
English translation:
“As soon as he was born Śatakratu asked his mother, who are the mgihty, who are renowned?”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Cf. RV8.45.4
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kurusutiḥ kāṇvaḥ [kurusuti kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ज॒ज्ञा॒नः । नु । श॒तऽक्र॑तुः । वि । पृ॒च्छ॒त् । इति॑ । मा॒तर॑म् । के । उ॒ग्राः । के । ह॒ । शृ॒ण्वि॒रे॒ ॥
जज्ञानः । नु । शतक्रतुः । वि । पृच्छत् । इति । मातरम् । के । उग्राः । के । ह । शृण्विरे ॥
jajñānaḥ | nu | śata-kratuḥ | vi | pṛcchat | iti | mātaram | ke | ugrāḥ | ke | ha | śṛṇvire
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.77.1 English analysis of grammar]
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“become; originate; be born; transform; happen; result; grow; beget; produce; create; conceive; separate; cause; give birth; grow; produce; generate; be; become; arise; come on.”
[adverb]
“now; already.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Indra.”
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[verb], singular, Present injunctive
“ask; ask; ask; consult; interrogate.”
[adverb]
“thus; so; iti [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“mother; mātṛkā; mātṛ [word]; parent; Salvinia cucullata Roxb.; Citrullus colocynthis Schrad.; cow.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“what; who; ka [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“powerful; awful; dangerous; intense; mighty; potent; colicky; atrocious.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“what; who; ka [pronoun].”
[adverb]
“indeed; ha [word].”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“listen; come to know; hear; hear; listen; study; heed; learn.”