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 8.80.3
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
किम॒ङ्ग र॑ध्र॒चोद॑नः सुन्वा॒नस्या॑वि॒तेद॑सि । कु॒वित्स्वि॑न्द्र ण॒: शक॑: ॥
किमङ्ग रध्रचोदनः सुन्वानस्यावितेदसि । कुवित्स्विन्द्र णः शकः ॥
kim aṅga radhracodanaḥ sunvānasyāvited asi | kuvit sv indra ṇaḥ śakaḥ ||
English translation:
“Director of the worshipper, you are the guardian of the offerer; help us mightily.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): ekadyūrnaudhasaḥ [ekadyūrnaudhasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
किम् । अ॒ङ्ग । र॒ध्र॒ऽचोद॑नः । सु॒न्वा॒नस्य॑ । अ॒वि॒ता । इत् । अ॒सि॒ । कु॒वित् । सु । इ॒न्द्र॒ । नः॒ । शकः॑ ॥
किम् । अङ्ग । रध्रचोदनः । सुन्वानस्य । अविता । इत् । असि । कुवित् । सु । इन्द्र । नः । शकः ॥
kim | aṅga | radhra-codanaḥ | sunvānasya | avitā | it | asi | kuvit | su | indra | ṇaḥ | śakaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.80.3 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“why; ka [pronoun]; if; how.”
[adverb]
“in truth; aṅga [word]; entirely; merely.”
[noun]
“obedient; powerless; weak.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[verb noun], genitive, singular
“press out; su.”
[verb], singular, periphrast. future
“support; help; prefer; prefer; like.”
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[adverb]
“surely; indeed.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb], singular, Aorist conj./subj.
“can; invigorate.”