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 8.92.11

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अया॑म॒ धीव॑तो॒ धियोऽर्व॑द्भिः शक्र गोदरे । जये॑म पृ॒त्सु व॑ज्रिवः ॥
अयाम धीवतो धियोऽर्वद्भिः शक्र गोदरे । जयेम पृत्सु वज्रिवः ॥
ayāma dhīvato dhiyo 'rvadbhiḥ śakra godare | jayema pṛtsu vajrivaḥ ||

English translation:

Śakra, let us go, proved in deeds, to deeds; thunderer, cleaver of mountains, let us conquer in battlesby your steeds.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Steeds: by steeds given by you

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]:

अया॑म । धीऽव॑तः । धियः॑ । अर्व॑त्ऽभिः । श॒क्र॒ । गो॒ऽद॒रे॒ । जये॑म । पृ॒त्ऽसु । व॒ज्रि॒ऽवः॒ ॥
अयाम । धीवतः । धियः । अर्वत्भिः । शक्र । गोदरे । जयेम । पृत्सु । वज्रिवः ॥
ayāma | dhī-vataḥ | dhiyaḥ | arvat-bhiḥ | śakra | go--dare | jayema | pṛt-su | vajr i-vaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.92.11 English analysis of grammar]

ayāma <

[verb], plural, Root aorist (Ind.)

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

dhīvato < dhīvataḥ < dhīvat

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“religious.”

dhiyo < dhiyaḥ < dhī

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“intelligence; prayer; mind; insight; idea; hymn; purpose; art; knowledge.”

'rvadbhiḥ < arvadbhiḥ < arvant

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“horse.”

śakra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Indra; Terminalia arjuna (Roxb.) Wight et Arn.; ivory tree.”

godare < godari

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

jayema < ji

[verb], plural, Present optative

“overcome; cure; win; conquer; control; win; succeed; remove; beat; govern; surpass; suppress.”

pṛtsu < pṛt

[noun], locative, plural, feminine

“battle.”

vajrivaḥ < vajrivas < vajrivat

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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