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 8.81.9

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

स॒द्यो॒जुव॑स्ते॒ वाजा॑ अ॒स्मभ्यं॑ वि॒श्वश्च॑न्द्राः । वशै॑श्च म॒क्षू ज॑रन्ते ॥
सद्योजुवस्ते वाजा अस्मभ्यं विश्वश्चन्द्राः । वशैश्च मक्षू जरन्ते ॥
sadyojuvas te vājā asmabhyaṃ viśvaścandrāḥ | vaśaiś ca makṣū jarante ||

English translation:

“May your all-rejoicing riches speedily come to us; full of desires, men immediately offer their praises.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

स॒द्यः॒ऽजुवः॑ । ते॒ । वाजाः॑ । अ॒स्मभ्य॑म् । वि॒श्वऽच॑न्द्राः । वशैः॑ । च॒ । म॒क्षु । ज॒र॒न्ते॒ ॥
सद्यःजुवः । ते । वाजाः । अस्मभ्यम् । विश्वचन्द्राः । वशैः । च । मक्षु । जरन्ते ॥
sadyaḥ-juvaḥ | te | vājāḥ | asmabhyam | viśva-candrāḥ | vaśaiḥ | ca | makṣu | jarante

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.81.9 English analysis of grammar]

sadyojuvas < sadyas

[adverb]

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

sadyojuvas < juvaḥ <

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“fleet.”

te < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

vājā < vājāḥ < vāja

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“prize; Vāja; reward; reward; Ribhus; vigor; strength; contest.”

asmabhyaṃ < asmabhyam < mad

[noun], dative, plural

“I; mine.”

viśvaścandrāḥ < viśva

[noun]

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

viśvaścandrāḥ < ścandrāḥ < ścandra

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“shining; glistening; brilliant.”

vaśaiś < vaśaiḥ < vaśa

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“control; dominion; influence; power; Vaśa; vaśa [word]; will; authority; control; wish; supervision.”

ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

makṣū

[adverb]

“promptly; soon; quickly.”

jarante < jṛ

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“sing.”

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