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 8.94.8
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
कद्वो॑ अ॒द्य म॒हानां॑ दे॒वाना॒मवो॑ वृणे । त्मना॑ च द॒स्मव॑र्चसाम् ॥
कद्वो अद्य महानां देवानामवो वृणे । त्मना च दस्मवर्चसाम् ॥
kad vo adya mahānāṃ devānām avo vṛṇe | tmanā ca dasmavarcasām ||
English translation:
“O shall I today possess your protection, mighty deities, beautiful bright in yourselves (thoughunadorned)?”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): binduḥ pūtadakṣo vā [binduḥ pūtadakṣa vā];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): marūtaḥ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
कत् । वः॒ । अ॒द्य । म॒हाना॑म् । दे॒वाना॑म् । अवः॑ । वृ॒णे॒ । त्मना॑ । च॒ । द॒स्मऽव॑र्चसाम् ॥
कत् । वः । अद्य । महानाम् । देवानाम् । अवः । वृणे । त्मना । च । दस्मवर्चसाम् ॥
kat | vaḥ | adya | mahānām | devānām | avaḥ | vṛṇe | tmanā | ca | dasma-varcasām
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.94.8 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“what; who; ka [pronoun].”
[noun], genitive, plural
“you.”
[adverb]
“now; today; then; nowadays; adya [word].”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“great; abundant.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“aid; favor; protection.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“choose; ask.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“self.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[noun]
“fantastic; extraordinary.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“shininess; vigor; fecal matter; glare; magnificence; energy; prestige; energy; glory; luster; light; varcas [word]; glory; body waste; droppings; color.”