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 9.98.8

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒स्य वो॒ ह्यव॑सा॒ पान्तो॑ दक्ष॒साध॑नम् । यः सू॒रिषु॒ श्रवो॑ बृ॒हद्द॒धे स्व१॒॑र्ण ह॑र्य॒तः ॥
अस्य वो ह्यवसा पान्तो दक्षसाधनम् । यः सूरिषु श्रवो बृहद्दधे स्वर्ण हर्यतः ॥
asya vo hy avasā pānto dakṣasādhanam | yaḥ sūriṣu śravo bṛhad dadhe svar ṇa haryataḥ ||

English translation:

“For you by his protection have drunk the strengthening (juice of that Soma) who, beloved (by all) like the sun, has bestowed abundant food upon his worshippers.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): ambarīṣa ṛjiṣvā ca;
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): Aarchiswaraadnushtup;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒स्य । वः॒ । हि । अव॑सा । पान्तः॑ । द॒क्ष॒ऽसाध॑नम् । यः । सू॒रिषु॑ । श्रव॑ह् । बृ॒हत् । द॒धे । स्वः॑ । न । ह॒र्य॒तः ॥
अस्य । वः । हि । अवसा । पान्तः । दक्षसाधनम् । यः । सूरिषु । श्रवह् । बृहत् । दधे । स्वः । न । हर्यतः ॥
asya | vaḥ | hi | avasā | pāntaḥ | dakṣa-sādhanam | yaḥ | sūriṣu | śravah | bṛhat | dadhe | svaḥ | na | haryataḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.98.8 English analysis of grammar]

asya < idam

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

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

vo < vaḥ < tvad

[noun], dative, plural

“you.”

hy < hi

[adverb]

“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”

avasā < avas

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“aid; favor; protection.”

pānto < pāntaḥ <

[verb noun], vocative, plural

“drink; gulp; soak; drink; suck; inhale.”

dakṣasādhanam < dakṣa

[noun]

“deft; right; intelligent; expert.”

dakṣasādhanam < sādhanam < sādhana

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“preparation; performance; treatment; accomplishment; means; stores; proof; penis; means; worship; realization.”

yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

sūriṣu < sūri

[noun], locative, plural, masculine

“patron.”

śravo < śravaḥ < śravas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“fame; glory; ear.”

bṛhad < bṛhat

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“large; great; loud; high; much(a); exalted; abundant; intensive; strong; huge.”

dadhe < dhā

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”

svar

[adverb]

“sun; sky; sunlight.”

ṇa < na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

haryataḥ < haryata

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“desirable; delightful.”

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