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 8.102.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्वया॑ ह स्विद्यु॒जा व॒यं चोदि॑ष्ठेन यविष्ठ्य । अ॒भि ष्मो॒ वाज॑सातये ॥
त्वया ह स्विद्युजा वयं चोदिष्ठेन यविष्ठ्य । अभि ष्मो वाजसातये ॥
tvayā ha svid yujā vayaṃ codiṣṭhena yaviṣṭhya | abhi ṣmo vājasātaye ||

English translation:

“O ever youthful one, with you as our ally, the sender of wealth, we overcome (our enemies) fo rtheattainemnt of food.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): prayogo bhārgava agnirvā pāvako bārhaspatyaḥ ; athavāgnī gṛhapatiyaviṣṭhau sahasaḥ sutau tayorvānyataraḥ [prayoga bhārgava agnirvā pāvaka bārhaspatya ; athavāgnī gṛhapatiyaviṣṭhau sahasa sutau tayorvānyatara];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्वया॑ । ह॒ । स्वि॒त् । यु॒जा । व॒यम् । चोदि॑ष्ठेन । य॒वि॒ष्ठ्य॒ । अ॒भि । स्मः॒ । वाज॑ऽसातये ॥
त्वया । ह । स्वित् । युजा । वयम् । चोदिष्ठेन । यविष्ठ्य । अभि । स्मः । वाजसातये ॥
tvayā | ha | svit | yujā | vayam | codiṣṭhena | yaviṣṭhya | abhi | smaḥ | vāja-sātaye

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.102.3 English analysis of grammar]

tvayā < tvad

[noun], instrumental, singular

“you.”

ha

[adverb]

“indeed; ha [word].”

svid

[adverb]

“svid [word].”

yujā < yuj

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“ally; friend; pair; two; companion.”

vayaṃ < vayam < mad

[noun], nominative, plural

“I; mine.”

codiṣṭhena < codiṣṭha

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

yaviṣṭhya

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“youngest.”

abhi

[adverb]

“towards; on.”

ṣmo < smaḥ < as

[verb], plural, Present indikative

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

vājasātaye < vājasāti

[noun], dative, singular, feminine

“victory; battle.”

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