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 8.81.7

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उप॑ क्रम॒स्वा भ॑र धृष॒ता धृ॑ष्णो॒ जना॑नाम् । अदा॑शूष्टरस्य॒ वेद॑: ॥
उप क्रमस्वा भर धृषता धृष्णो जनानाम् । अदाशूष्टरस्य वेदः ॥
upa kramasvā bhara dhṛṣatā dhṛṣṇo janānām | adāśūṣṭarasya vedaḥ ||

English translation:

“Come here, and bring us, daring one, with your resolute (mind), the wealth of him who is pre-eminentlya niggard among men.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उप॑ । क्र॒म॒स्व॒ । आ । भ॒र॒ । धृ॒ष॒ता । धृ॒ष्णो॒ इति॑ । जना॑नाम् । अदा॑शूःऽतरस्य । वेदः॑ ॥
उप । क्रमस्व । आ । भर । धृषता । धृष्णो इति । जनानाम् । अदाशूःतरस्य । वेदः ॥
upa | kramasva | ā | bhara | dhṛṣatā | dhṛṣṇo iti | janānām | adāśūḥ-tarasya | vedaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.81.7 English analysis of grammar]

upa

[adverb]

“towards; on; next.”

kramasvā < kramasva < kram

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“kram; step; go; continue; proceed; traverse; heat.”

kramasvā < 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.”

dhṛṣatā < dhṛṣ

[verb noun], instrumental, singular

“dare; attack.”

dhṛṣṇo < dhṛṣṇu

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“brave; ferocious; strong.”

janānām < jana

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“people; national; man; relative; jan; Janaloka; person; jana [word]; man; attendant; Jana; foreigner; inhabitant; group.”

adāśūṣṭarasya < a

[adverb]

“not; akāra; a [taddhita]; a [word]; a; a.”

adāśūṣṭarasya < dāśūṣṭarasya < dāśūṣṭara

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

vedaḥ < vedas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“property.”

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