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 10.32.8

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒द्येदु॒ प्राणी॒दम॑मन्नि॒माहापी॑वृतो अधयन्मा॒तुरूध॑: । एमे॑नमाप जरि॒मा युवा॑न॒महे॑ळ॒न्वसु॑: सु॒मना॑ बभूव ॥
अद्येदु प्राणीदममन्निमाहापीवृतो अधयन्मातुरूधः । एमेनमाप जरिमा युवानमहेळन्वसुः सुमना बभूव ॥
adyed u prāṇīd amamann imāhāpīvṛto adhayan mātur ūdhaḥ | em enam āpa jarimā yuvānam aheḻan vasuḥ sumanā babhūva ||

English translation:

“Today (Agni) breathed; he purposed (to conduct) these days surrounded (by lustre), and drank thesap of his mother (earth); the praise of his (worshippers) reaches the over-youthful (Agni), and he has becomegentle, genitive rous, and well-disposed.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kavaṣa ailūṣaḥ [kavaṣa ailūṣa];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒द्य । इत् । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । प्र । आ॒णी॒त् । अम॑मन् । इ॒मा । अहा॑ । अपि॑ऽवृतः । अ॒ध॒य॒त् । मा॒तुः । ऊधः॑ । आ । ई॒म् । ए॒न॒म् । आ॒प॒ । ज॒रि॒मा । युवा॑नम् । अहे॑ळन् । वसुः॑ । सु॒ऽमनाः॑ । ब॒भू॒व॒ ॥
अद्य । इत् । ऊँ इति । प्र । आणीत् । अममन् । इमा । अहा । अपिवृतः । अधयत् । मातुः । ऊधः । आ । ईम् । एनम् । आप । जरिमा । युवानम् । अहेळन् । वसुः । सुमनाः । बभूव ॥
adya | it | oṃ iti | pra | āṇīt | amaman | imā | ahā | api-vṛtaḥ | adhayat | mātuḥ | ūdhaḥ | ā | īm | enam | āpa | jarimā | yuvānam | aheḷan | vasuḥ | su-manāḥ | babhūva

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.32.8 English analysis of grammar]

adyed < adya

[adverb]

“now; today; then; nowadays; adya [word].”

adyed < id

[adverb]

“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”

u

[adverb]

“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”

prāṇīd < prāṇīt < prāṇ < √an

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“breathe; exist.”

amamann < amaman < man

[verb], singular, Plusquamperfect

“think of; name; believe; teach; honor; deem; recommend; approve; think; define; call; respect; believe; enumerate; understand; see; describe.”

imāhāpīvṛto < imā < idam

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

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

imāhāpīvṛto < ahā < aha

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“day; aha [word]; day.”

imāhāpīvṛto < apīvṛtaḥ < apivṛ < √vṛ

[verb noun], nominative, singular

adhayan < adhayat < dhā

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“breastfeed; suck.”

mātur < mātuḥ < mātṛ

[noun], genitive, singular, feminine

“mother; mātṛkā; mātṛ [word]; parent; Salvinia cucullata Roxb.; Citrullus colocynthis Schrad.; cow.”

ūdhaḥ < ūdhas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“udder; ūdhas [word]; night.”

em < ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

em < īm < īṃ

[adverb]

enam < enad

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.).”

āpa < āp

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“enter (a state); get; reach; obtain; equal.”

jarimā < jariman

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“old age.”

yuvānam < yuvan

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“young; youthful.”

aheḍan < a

[adverb]

“not; akāra; a [taddhita]; a [word]; a; a.”

aheḍan < heḍan < hīḍ

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“anger; stew.”

vasuḥ < vasu

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“good; good; benign; vasu [word].”

sumanā < su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

sumanā < manāḥ < manas

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“mind; Manas; purpose; idea; attention; heart; decision; manas [word]; manas [indecl.]; spirit; temper; intelligence.”

babhūva < bhū

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”

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