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 8.92.32

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्वयेदि॑न्द्र यु॒जा व॒यं प्रति॑ ब्रुवीमहि॒ स्पृध॑: । त्वम॒स्माकं॒ तव॑ स्मसि ॥
त्वयेदिन्द्र युजा वयं प्रति ब्रुवीमहि स्पृधः । त्वमस्माकं तव स्मसि ॥
tvayed indra yujā vayam prati bruvīmahi spṛdhaḥ | tvam asmākaṃ tava smasi ||

English translation:

“With you, Indra, as our helper, let us answer our enemies; you are ours, we are yours.”

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]:

त्वया॑ । इत् । इ॒न्द्र॒ । यु॒जा । व॒यम् । प्रति॑ । ब्रु॒वी॒म॒हि॒ । स्पृधः॑ । त्वम् । अ॒स्माक॑म् । तव॑ । स्म॒सि॒ ॥
त्वया । इत् । इन्द्र । युजा । वयम् । प्रति । ब्रुवीमहि । स्पृधः । त्वम् । अस्माकम् । तव । स्मसि ॥
tvayā | it | indra | yujā | vayam | prati | bruvīmahi | spṛdhaḥ | tvam | asmākam | tava | smasi

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.92.32 English analysis of grammar]

tvayed < tvayā < tvad

[noun], instrumental, singular

“you.”

tvayed < id

[adverb]

“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

yujā < yuj

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“ally; friend; pair; two; companion.”

vayam < mad

[noun], nominative, plural

“I; mine.”

prati

[adverb]

“towards; per; regarding; respectively; according to; until.”

bruvīmahi < brū

[verb], plural, Present optative

“say; tell; describe; speak; state; answer; call; explain; address; proclaim; talk; talk; choose.”

spṛdhaḥ < spṛdh

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“rival; enemy.”

tvam < tvad

[noun], nominative, singular

“you.”

asmākaṃ < asmākam < mad

[noun], genitive, plural

“I; mine.”

tava < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

smasi < as

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”

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