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 8.81.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
आ तू न॑ इन्द्र क्षु॒मन्तं॑ चि॒त्रं ग्रा॒भं सं गृ॑भाय । म॒हा॒ह॒स्ती दक्षि॑णेन ॥
आ तू न इन्द्र क्षुमन्तं चित्रं ग्राभं सं गृभाय । महाहस्ती दक्षिणेन ॥
ā tū na indra kṣumantaṃ citraṃ grābhaṃ saṃ gṛbhāya | mahāhastī dakṣiṇena ||
English translation:
“Indra, lord of the mighty hand, do you seize for us with your right hand marvellous praise-exciting(riches), worthy to be seized.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Kṣumantam = śabdamantam stutyam;
Grābham = grahaṇārham, thethunderbolt
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kusīdī kāṇvaḥ [kusīdī kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
आ । तु । नः॒ । इ॒न्द्र॒ । क्षु॒ऽमन्त॑म् । चि॒त्रम् । ग्रा॒भम् । सम् । गृ॒भ॒य॒ । म॒हा॒ऽह॒स्ती । दक्षि॑णेन ॥
आ । तु । नः । इन्द्र । क्षुमन्तम् । चित्रम् । ग्राभम् । सम् । गृभय । महाहस्ती । दक्षिणेन ॥
ā | tu | naḥ | indra | kṣu-mantam | citram | grābham | sam | gṛbhaya | mahāhastī | dakṣiṇena
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.81.1 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[adverb]
“now; then; but; and; now; however; then; then; surely.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“manifold; extraordinary; beautiful; divers(a); varicolored; bright; bright; bright; outstanding; agitated; aglitter(p); brilliant; painted; obvious; patched; bizarre.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[adverb]
“sam; together; together; saṃ.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“accept.”
[noun]
“large; eminent; great; loud; dangerous; strong; long; high; much(a); mahant [word]; ample; very; great; adult; important; dark; high; abundant; violent; remarkable; mighty; big; long.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“southern; right; south; southerly; dakṣiṇa [word]; sincere; clockwise; deft.”