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 8.79.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒यं कृ॒त्नुरगृ॑भीतो विश्व॒जिदु॒द्भिदित्सोम॑: । ऋषि॒र्विप्र॒: काव्ये॑न ॥
अयं कृत्नुरगृभीतो विश्वजिदुद्भिदित्सोमः । ऋषिर्विप्रः काव्येन ॥
ayaṃ kṛtnur agṛbhīto viśvajid udbhid it somaḥ | ṛṣir vipraḥ kāvyena ||
English translation:
“This all-creating Soma, obstructed by none, the conqueror of all, the producer of fruit, the seer, thewise, (is to be praised) with a hymn.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Conqueror of all: viśvajit and udbhid are names of two special Somaceremonies, and the Soma may be addressed under these names as the principal means of theiraccomplishment
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kṛtnurbhārgavaḥ [kṛtnurbhārgava];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒यम् । कृ॒त्नुः । अगृ॑भीतः । वि॒श्व॒ऽजित् । उ॒त्ऽभित् । इत् । सोमः॑ । ऋषिः॑ । विप्रः॑ । काव्ये॑न ॥
अयम् । कृत्नुः । अगृभीतः । विश्वजित् । उत्भित् । इत् । सोमः । ऋषिः । विप्रः । काव्येन ॥
ayam | kṛtnuḥ | agṛbhītaḥ | viśva-jit | ut-bhit | it | somaḥ | ṛṣiḥ | vipraḥ | kāvyena
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.79.1 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“adept; adroit.”
[adverb]
“not; akāra; a [taddhita]; a [word]; a; a.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“take; grasp; take out; extract; perceive; pick; assume; include; accept; understand; use; learn; possess; keep; choose; accept; afflict; suck; paralyze; mention; mistake; eat; wear; embrace; fill into; capture; eclipse; get; collect; hand down; marry; heed; touch.”
[noun]
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“curative; removing; victorious; winning.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Ṛṣi; spiritual teacher; ascetic; Mantra.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“eloquent; stimulated; divine.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“Uśanas; poem; Kāvya; wisdom.”