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 8.77.8

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तेन॑ स्तो॒तृभ्य॒ आ भ॑र॒ नृभ्यो॒ नारि॑भ्यो॒ अत्त॑वे । स॒द्यो जा॒त ऋ॑भुष्ठिर ॥
तेन स्तोतृभ्य आ भर नृभ्यो नारिभ्यो अत्तवे । सद्यो जात ऋभुष्ठिर ॥
tena stotṛbhya ā bhara nṛbhyo nāribhyo attave | sadyo jāta ṛbhuṣṭhira ||

English translation:

“Forthwith increased (by our offerings), do you, mighty and firm, by that (weapon) brin (wealth) forsustenance to us your praisers, our children, and our wives.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kurusutiḥ kāṇvaḥ [kurusuti kāṇva];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

तेन॑ । स्तो॒तृऽभ्यः॑ । आ । भ॒र॒ । नृऽभ्यः॑ । नारि॑ऽभ्यः । अत्त॑वे । स॒द्यः । जा॒तः । ऋ॒भु॒ऽस्थि॒र॒ ॥
तेन । स्तोतृभ्यः । आ । भर । नृभ्यः । नारिभ्यः । अत्तवे । सद्यः । जातः । ऋभुस्थिर ॥
tena | stotṛ-bhyaḥ | ā | bhara | nṛ-bhyaḥ | nāri-bhyaḥ | attave | sadyaḥ | jātaḥ | ṛbhu-sthira

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.77.8 English analysis of grammar]

tena < tad

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

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

stotṛbhya < stotṛbhyaḥ < stotṛ

[noun], dative, plural, masculine

“laudatory; worshiping.”

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

bhara < bhṛ

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“bring; hold; fill; support; wear; possess; carry; nourish; keep; hire; have; satiate; follow; bear.”

nṛbhyo < nṛbhyaḥ < nṛ

[noun], dative, plural, masculine

“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”

nāribhyo < nāribhyaḥ < nārī

[noun], dative, plural, feminine

“woman; wife; female.”

attave < ad

[verb noun]

“eat; devour.”

sadyo < sadyas

[adverb]

“immediately; just; daily; sadyas [word].”

jāta < jātaḥ < jan

[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.”

ṛbhuṣṭhira

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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