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 8.93.18

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

बो॒धिन्म॑ना॒ इद॑स्तु नो वृत्र॒हा भूर्या॑सुतिः । शृ॒णोतु॑ श॒क्र आ॒शिष॑म् ॥
बोधिन्मना इदस्तु नो वृत्रहा भूर्यासुतिः । शृणोतु शक्र आशिषम् ॥
bodhinmanā id astu no vṛtrahā bhūryāsutiḥ | śṛṇotu śakra āśiṣam ||

English translation:

“May the slayer of Vṛtra, to whom many libations are offered, know our desires-- may Śakra hear ourpraises.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Bodhinmanā = bodhanmanāḥ

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

बो॒धित्ऽम॑नाः । इत् । अ॒स्तु॒ । नः॒ । वृ॒त्र॒ऽहा । भूरि॑ऽआसुतिः । शृ॒णोतु॑ । शु॒क्रः । आ॒ऽशिष॑म् ॥
बोधित्मनाः । इत् । अस्तु । नः । वृत्रहा । भूरिआसुतिः । शृणोतु । शुक्रः । आशिषम् ॥
bodhit-manāḥ | it | astu | naḥ | vṛtra-hā | bhūri-āsutiḥ | śṛṇotu | śukraḥ | āśiṣam

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.93.18 English analysis of grammar]

bodhinmanā < bodhinmanāḥ < bodhinmanas

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

id

[adverb]

“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”

astu < as

[verb], singular, Present imperative

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

no < naḥ < mad

[noun], dative, plural

“I; mine.”

vṛtrahā < vṛtrahan

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“Indra.”

bhūryāsutiḥ < bhūri

[noun]

“much; many; much(a); abundant; rich; mighty; distinguished.”

bhūryāsutiḥ < āsutiḥ < āsuti

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

śṛṇotu < śru

[verb], singular, Present imperative

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

śakra < śakraḥ < śakra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

āśiṣam < āśis

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“benediction; prayer; blessing; āśis [word]; wish; request.”

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