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 9.66.14

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अस्य॑ ते स॒ख्ये व॒यमिय॑क्षन्त॒स्त्वोत॑यः । इन्दो॑ सखि॒त्वमु॑श्मसि ॥
अस्य ते सख्ये वयमियक्षन्तस्त्वोतयः । इन्दो सखित्वमुश्मसि ॥
asya te sakhye vayam iyakṣantas tvotayaḥ | indo sakhitvam uśmasi ||

English translation:

Indu, we abiding in your friendship, desiring to sacrifice, depending on your protection, desire your friendship.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śataṃ vaikhānasāḥ;
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अस्य॑ । ते॒ । स॒ख्ये । व॒यम् । इय॑क्षन्तः । त्वाऽऊ॑तयः । इन्दो॒ इति॑ । स॒खि॒ऽत्वम् । उ॒श्म॒सि॒ ॥
अस्य । ते । सख्ये । वयम् । इयक्षन्तः । त्वाऊतयः । इन्दो इति । सखित्वम् । उश्मसि ॥
asya | te | sakhye | vayam | iyakṣantaḥ | tvā-ūtayaḥ | indo iti | sakhi-tvam | uśmasi

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.66.14 English analysis of grammar]

asya < idam

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

te < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

sakhye < sakhya

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“friendship; aid; company.”

vayam < mad

[noun], nominative, plural

“I; mine.”

iyakṣantas < iyakṣantaḥ < iyakṣ < √yaj

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“endeavor.”

tvotayaḥ < tvoti

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

indo < indu

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“moon; Soma; drop; anusvāra; one; Candra; silver; camphor; point; juice.”

sakhitvam < sakhi

[noun], masculine

“friend; companion; sakhi [word].”

sakhitvam < tvam < tva

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“state; quality; cause; reason.”

uśmasi < vaś

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“desire; agree; call; care; like; love.”

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