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 8.83.7

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अधि॑ न इन्द्रैषां॒ विष्णो॑ सजा॒त्या॑नाम् । इ॒ता मरु॑तो॒ अश्वि॑ना ॥
अधि न इन्द्रैषां विष्णो सजात्यानाम् । इता मरुतो अश्विना ॥
adhi na indraiṣāṃ viṣṇo sajātyānām | itā maruto aśvinā ||

English translation:

“Come to us, Indra, Viṣṇu, Maruts, and Ādityas, from the midst of these your brethren.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Your brethreṅMitra etc.

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अधि॑ । नः॒ । इ॒न्द्र॒ । ए॒षा॒म् । विष्णो॒ इति॑ । स॒ऽजा॒त्या॑नाम् । इ॒त । मरु॑तः । अश्वि॑ना ॥
अधि । नः । इन्द्र । एषाम् । विष्णो इति । सजात्यानाम् । इत । मरुतः । अश्विना ॥
adhi | naḥ | indra | eṣām | viṣṇo iti | sa-jātyānām | ita | marutaḥ | aśvinā

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.83.7 English analysis of grammar]

adhi

[adverb]

“on; from; accordingly.”

na < naḥ < mad

[noun], genitive, plural

“I; mine.”

indraiṣāṃ < indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”

indraiṣāṃ < eṣām < idam

[noun], genitive, plural, neuter

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

viṣṇo < viṣṇu

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Vishnu; Krishna; Viṣṇu; Om; Shiva.”

sajātyānām < sajātya

[noun], genitive, plural, neuter

“relatedness.”

itā < ita < i

[verb], plural, Present imperative

“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”

maruto < marutaḥ < marut

[noun], vocative, plural, masculine

“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”

aśvinā < aśvin

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

“Asvins; two.”

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