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 8.83.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

व॒यमिद्व॑: सुदानवः क्षि॒यन्तो॒ यान्तो॒ अध्व॒न्ना । देवा॑ वृ॒धाय॑ हूमहे ॥
वयमिद्वः सुदानवः क्षियन्तो यान्तो अध्वन्ना । देवा वृधाय हूमहे ॥
vayam id vaḥ sudānavaḥ kṣiyanto yānto adhvann ā | devā vṛdhāya hūmahe ||

English translation:

“Bounteous deities, whether we dwell at home or go abroad on the road, we invoke you only to benourished by our oblations.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Whether we dwell at home: whether we remain at home to perform the agnihotraetc., or go forth in the roads to collect fuel, etc.; to be nourished by our oblations: or, to enrich us with wealth

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

व॒यम् । इत् । वः॒ । सु॒ऽदा॒न॒वः॒ । क्षि॒यन्तः॑ । यान्तः॑ । अध्व॑न् । आ । देवाः॑ । वृ॒धाय॑ । हू॒म॒हे॒ ॥
वयम् । इत् । वः । सुदानवः । क्षियन्तः । यान्तः । अध्वन् । आ । देवाः । वृधाय । हूमहे ॥
vayam | it | vaḥ | su-dānavaḥ | kṣiyantaḥ | yāntaḥ | adhvan | ā | devāḥ | vṛdhāya | hūmahe

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.83.6 English analysis of grammar]

vayam < mad

[noun], nominative, plural

“I; mine.”

id

[adverb]

“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”

vaḥ < tvad

[noun], accusative, plural

“you.”

sudānavaḥ < sudānu

[noun], vocative, plural, masculine

“big; lavish.”

kṣiyanto < kṣiyantaḥ < kṣi

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“govern; inhabit; dwell; stay; predominate; bide; own.”

yānto < yāntaḥ <

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”

adhvann < adhvan

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“way; journey; adhvan [word]; time; path; method; road; time; distance.”

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

devā < devāḥ < deva

[noun], vocative, plural, masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

vṛdhāya < vṛdha

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“increasing; promotive.”

hūmahe < hvā

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“raise; call on; call; summon.”

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