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 8.93.16

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

श्रु॒तं वो॑ वृत्र॒हन्त॑मं॒ प्र शर्धं॑ चर्षणी॒नाम् । आ शु॑षे॒ राध॑से म॒हे ॥
श्रुतं वो वृत्रहन्तमं प्र शर्धं चर्षणीनाम् । आ शुषे राधसे महे ॥
śrutaṃ vo vṛtrahantamam pra śardhaṃ carṣaṇīnām | ā śuṣe rādhase mahe ||

English translation:

“(Priests), I bring to you men, for great wealth, that renowned and mighty one who utterly destroyedVṛtra.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Āśuṣe = āśiṣe;

Carṣaṇīnām: renowned and mighty among men

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

श्रु॒तम् । वः॒ । वृ॒त्र॒हन्ऽत॑मम् प्र शर्ध॑ञ् चर्षणी॒नाम् । आ शु॑षे॒ राध॑से म॒हे ॥
श्रुतम् । वः । वृत्रहन्तमम् प्र शर्धञ् चर्षणीनाम् । आ शुषे राधसे महे ॥
śrutam | vaḥ | vṛtrahan-tamam pra śardhañ carṣaṇīnām | ā śuṣerādhase mahe

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.93.16 English analysis of grammar]

śrutaṃ < śrutam < śru

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“listen; come to know; hear; hear; listen; study; heed; learn.”

vo < vaḥ < tvad

[noun], genitive, plural

“you.”

vṛtrahantamam < vṛtra

[noun], masculine

“enemy.”

vṛtrahantamam < hantamam < hantama

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“killing.”

pra

[adverb]

“towards; ahead.”

śardhaṃ < śardham < śardha

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“troop.”

carṣaṇīnām < carṣaṇi

[noun], genitive, plural, feminine

“people.”

ā

[adverb]

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

śuṣe < śvas

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“hiss; pant; sigh; breathe; blow.”

rādhase < rādhas

[noun], dative, singular, neuter

“gift; munificence; liberality; bounty.”

mahe < mah

[noun], dative, singular, neuter

“great; great; distinguished; much(a); adult; long; high.”

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