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 8.92.29

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ए॒वा रा॒तिस्तु॑वीमघ॒ विश्वे॑भिर्धायि धा॒तृभि॑: । अधा॑ चिदिन्द्र मे॒ सचा॑ ॥
एवा रातिस्तुवीमघ विश्वेभिर्धायि धातृभिः । अधा चिदिन्द्र मे सचा ॥
evā rātis tuvīmagha viśvebhir dhāyi dhātṛbhiḥ | adhā cid indra me sacā ||

English translation:

“Lord of great wealth, your bounty is possessed by all your worshippers; therefore, Indra, be also myally.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ए॒व । रा॒तिः । तु॒वि॒ऽम॒घ॒ । विश्वे॑भिः । धा॒यि॒ । धा॒तृऽभिः॑ । अध॑ । चि॒त् । इ॒न्द्र॒ । मे॒ । सचा॑ ॥
एव । रातिः । तुविमघ । विश्वेभिः । धायि । धातृभिः । अध । चित् । इन्द्र । मे । सचा ॥
eva | rātiḥ | tuvi-magha | viśvebhiḥ | dhāyi | dhātṛ-bhiḥ | adha | cit | indra | me | sacā

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.92.29 English analysis of grammar]

evā < eva

[adverb]

“indeed; merely; thus; even; surely; same; eva [word]; successively; immediately; in truth.”

rātis < rātiḥ < rāti

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“gift; bounty; favor.”

tuvīmagha

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

viśvebhir < viśvebhiḥ < viśva

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

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

dhāyi < dhā

[verb], singular, Aorist passive

“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”

dhātṛbhiḥ < dhātṛ

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“Brahma; Dhātṛ; creator; Dhātṛ.”

adhā < adha

[adverb]

“then; and; therefore; now.”

cid < cit

[adverb]

“even; indeed.”

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

me < mad

[noun], genitive, singular

“I; mine.”

sacā

[adverb]

“jointly.”

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