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 8.98.8

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

वार्ण त्वा॑ य॒व्याभि॒र्वर्ध॑न्ति शूर॒ ब्रह्मा॑णि । वा॒वृ॒ध्वांसं॑ चिदद्रिवो दि॒वेदि॑वे ॥
वार्ण त्वा यव्याभिर्वर्धन्ति शूर ब्रह्माणि । वावृध्वांसं चिदद्रिवो दिवेदिवे ॥
vār ṇa tvā yavyābhir vardhanti śūra brahmāṇi | vāvṛdhvāṃsaṃ cid adrivo dive-dive ||

English translation:

“As the lake (swells) with the rivers, so our praises, O hero, O thunderer, augment you as you growmore and more day by day.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Grow more and more: brahmāṇi vavṛdhvāṃsam = swelling with our praiseseven more than the lake

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): nṛmedhaḥ [nṛmedha];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): virāḍuṣnik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

वाः । न । त्वा॒ । य॒व्याभिः॑ । वर्ध॑न्ति । शू॒र॒ । ब्रह्मा॑णि । व॒वृ॒ध्वांस॑म् । चि॒त् । अ॒द्रि॒ऽवः॒ । दि॒वेऽदि॑वे ॥
वाः । न । त्वा । यव्याभिः । वर्धन्ति । शूर । ब्रह्माणि । ववृध्वांसम् । चित् । अद्रिवः । दिवेदिवे ॥
vāḥ | na | tvā | yavyābhiḥ | vardhanti | śūra | brahmāṇi | vavṛdhvāṃsam | cit | adri--vaḥ | dive--dive

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.98.8 English analysis of grammar]

vār

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“water; juice; jala.”

ṇa < na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

tvā < tvad

[noun], accusative, singular

“you.”

yavyābhir < yavyābhiḥ < yavyā

[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine

vardhanti < vṛdh

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”

śūra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“hero; cock; śūra; Śūra; Vatica robusta; Plumbago zeylanica; warrior; hero; attacker; lentil; wild boar; lion; dog.”

brahmāṇi < brahman

[noun], nominative, plural, neuter

“brahman; mantra; prayer; spell; Veda; Brahmin; sacred text; final emancipation; hymn; brahman [word]; Brāhmaṇa; study.”

vāvṛdhvāṃsaṃ < vāvṛdhvāṃsam < vṛdh

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”

cid < cit

[adverb]

“even; indeed.”

adrivo < adrivas < adrivat

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“rocky; petrous.”

dive < diva

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“day; sky; Svarga.”

dive < diva

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“day; sky; Svarga.”

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