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 8.92.9

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

शिक्षा॑ ण इन्द्र रा॒य आ पु॒रु वि॒द्वाँ ऋ॑चीषम । अवा॑ न॒: पार्ये॒ धने॑ ॥
शिक्षा ण इन्द्र राय आ पुरु विद्वाँ ऋचीषम । अवा नः पार्ये धने ॥
śikṣā ṇa indra rāya ā puru vidvām̐ ṛcīṣama | avā naḥ pārye dhane ||

English translation:

“O you worthy of our praise, you who know all things, repeatedly give us riches, protect us by the wealthour enemies.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śrutakakṣaḥ sukakṣo vā [śrutakakṣa sukakṣa vā];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

शिक्ष॑ । नः॒ । इ॒न्द्र॒ । रा॒यः । आ । पु॒रु । वि॒द्वान् । ऋ॒ची॒ष॒म॒ । अव॑ । नः॒ । पार्ये॑ । धने॑ ॥
शिक्ष । नः । इन्द्र । रायः । आ । पुरु । विद्वान् । ऋचीषम । अव । नः । पार्ये । धने ॥
śikṣa | naḥ | indra | rāyaḥ | ā | puru | vidvān | ṛcīṣama | ava | naḥ | pārye | dhane

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.92.9 English analysis of grammar]

śikṣā < śikṣa < śikṣ

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“help; give.”

ṇa < naḥ < mad

[noun], accusative, plural

“I; mine.”

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

rāya < rāye < rai

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“wealth; possession; rai [word]; gold.”

ā

[adverb]

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

puru

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“many; much(a); very.”

vidvāṃ < vid

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“know; diagnose; perceive; know; accord; notice; deem; mind; learn; specify; watch; recognize; detect; call.”

ṛcīṣama

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Indra.”

avā < ava < av

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“support; help; prefer; prefer; like.”

naḥ < mad

[noun], accusative, plural

“I; mine.”

pārye < pārya

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“critical; decisive.”

dhane < dhana

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“wealth; property; money; treasure; prize; dhana [word]; valuable; dhan; capital; fight.”

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