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 8.93.1

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उद्घेद॒भि श्रु॒ताम॑घं वृष॒भं नर्या॑पसम् । अस्ता॑रमेषि सूर्य ॥
उद्घेदभि श्रुतामघं वृषभं नर्यापसम् । अस्तारमेषि सूर्य ॥
ud ghed abhi śrutāmaghaṃ vṛṣabhaṃ naryāpasam | astāram eṣi sūrya ||

English translation:

“You rise, O sun, on (the sacrifice of Indra) the showerer (of blessings), the bountiful giver, famed for hiswealth, the benefactor of men.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Indra is one of the twelve Ādityas

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): sukakṣaḥ [sukakṣa];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): virāḍgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उत् । घ॒ । इत् । अ॒भि । श्रु॒तऽम॑घम् । वृ॒ष॒भम् । नर्य॑ऽअपसम् । अस्ता॑रम् । ए॒षि॒ । सू॒र्य॒ ॥
उत् । घ । इत् । अभि । श्रुतमघम् । वृषभम् । नर्यअपसम् । अस्तारम् । एषि । सूर्य ॥
ut | gha | it | abhi | śruta-magham | vṛṣabham | narya-apasam | astāram | eṣi | sūyar

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.93.1 English analysis of grammar]

ud

[adverb]

“up.”

ghed < gha

[adverb]

ghed < id

[adverb]

“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”

abhi

[adverb]

“towards; on.”

śrutāmaghaṃ < śrutāmagham < śrutāmagha

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

vṛṣabhaṃ < vṛṣabham < vṛṣabha

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“bull; Vṛṣabha; Vṛṣabha; best.”

naryāpasam < narya

[noun]

“manly; heroic; powerful; male; human.”

naryāpasam < apasam < apas

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“work; deed.”

astāram < astṛ

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“archer; shot.”

eṣi < i

[verb], singular, Present indikative

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

sūrya

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”

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