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 8.102.8
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒यं यथा॑ न आ॒भुव॒त्त्वष्टा॑ रू॒पेव॒ तक्ष्या॑ । अ॒स्य क्रत्वा॒ यश॑स्वतः ॥
अयं यथा न आभुवत्त्वष्टा रूपेव तक्ष्या । अस्य क्रत्वा यशस्वतः ॥
ayaṃ yathā na ābhuvat tvaṣṭā rūpeva takṣyā | asya kratvā yaśasvataḥ ||
English translation:
“(Draw near) that he may deal with us as a carpenter (TVaṣṭā) deals with the timber he has to cut;may we become renowned by his skill.”
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]:
अ॒यम् । यथा॑ । नः॒ । आ॒ऽभुव॑त् । त्वष्टा॑ । रू॒पाऽइ॑व । तक्ष्या॑ । अ॒स्य । क्रत्वा॑ । यश॑स्वतः ॥
अयम् । यथा । नः । आभुवत् । त्वष्टा । रूपाइव । तक्ष्या । अस्य । क्रत्वा । यशस्वतः ॥
ayam | yathā | naḥ | ābhuvat | tvaṣṭā | rūpāiva | takṣyā | asya | kratvā | yaśasvataḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.102.8 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[adverb]
“equally; as; so that; like; how; yathā [word]; that; wherein.”
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)
“originate.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Tvaṣṭṛ; Viśvakarman; sun.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“form; appearance; beauty; look; shape; shape; symptom; feature; nature; guise; rūpa [word]; one; appearance; likeness; color; kind; vowel; type; disguise; aspect; form; derivative; omen; vision.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[verb noun], accusative, plural
“produce; shape; fashion; chisel; invent.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“yajña; decision; plan; deliberation; intelligence; Kratu; will; kratu [word]; desire; resoluteness; ritual.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine