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 10.47.8

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यत्त्वा॒ यामि॑ द॒द्धि तन्न॑ इन्द्र बृ॒हन्तं॒ क्षय॒मस॑मं॒ जना॑नाम् । अ॒भि तद्द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी गृ॑णीताम॒स्मभ्यं॑ चि॒त्रं वृष॑णं र॒यिं दा॑: ॥
यत्त्वा यामि दद्धि तन्न इन्द्र बृहन्तं क्षयमसमं जनानाम् । अभि तद्द्यावापृथिवी गृणीतामस्मभ्यं चित्रं वृषणं रयिं दाः ॥
yat tvā yāmi daddhi tan na indra bṛhantaṃ kṣayam asamaṃ janānām | abhi tad dyāvāpṛthivī gṛṇītām asmabhyaṃ citraṃ vṛṣaṇaṃ rayiṃ dāḥ ||

English translation:

“Bestow, Indra, that which I solicit of you; a large mansion, not held in common with other men; andmay heaven and earth approve of it; grant us, (Indra), various fertilizing riches.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): saptaguḥ;
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indro vaikuṇṭhaḥ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यत् । त्वा॒ । यामि॑ । द॒द्धि । तत् । नः॒ । इ॒न्द्र॒ । बृ॒हन्त॑म् । क्षय॑म् । अस॑मम् । जना॑नाम् । अ॒भि । तत् । द्यावा॑पृथि॒वी इति॑ । गृ॒णी॒ता॒म् । अ॒स्मभ्य॑म् । चि॒त्रम् । वृष॑णम् । र॒यिम् । दाः॒ ॥
यत् । त्वा । यामि । दद्धि । तत् । नः । इन्द्र । बृहन्तम् । क्षयम् । असमम् । जनानाम् । अभि । तत् । द्यावापृथिवी इति । गृणीताम् । अस्मभ्यम् । चित्रम् । वृषणम् । रयिम् । दाः ॥
yat | tvā | yāmi | daddhi | tat | naḥ | indra | bṛhantam | kṣayam | asamam | janānām | abhi | tat | dyāvāpṛthivī iti | gṛṇītām | asmabhyam | citram | vṛṣaṇam | rayim | dāḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 10.47.8 English analysis of grammar]

yat < yad

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

tvā < tvad

[noun], accusative, singular

“you.”

yāmi <

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”

daddhi <

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“give; add; perform; put; administer; fill into; give; ignite; put on; offer; use; fuel; pour; grant; feed; teach; construct; insert; drip; wrap; pay; hand over; lend; inflict; concentrate; sacrifice; splint; poultice; create.”

tan < tat < tad

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

na < naḥ < mad

[noun], dative, plural

“I; mine.”

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”

bṛhantaṃ < bṛhantam < bṛhat

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

kṣayam < kṣaya

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“dwelling; house; kṣaya [word]; home; family.”

asamaṃ < asamam < asama

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“incomparable; unlike.”

janānām < jana

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“people; national; man; relative; jan; Janaloka; person; jana [word]; man; attendant; Jana; foreigner; inhabitant; group.”

abhi

[adverb]

“towards; on.”

tad < tat < tad

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

dyāvāpṛthivī

[noun], nominative, dual, feminine

“heaven and earth; dyāvāpṛthivī [word].”

gṛṇītām < gṛ

[verb], dual, Present imperative

“praise.”

asmabhyaṃ < asmabhyam < mad

[noun], dative, plural

“I; mine.”

citraṃ < citram < citra

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“manifold; extraordinary; beautiful; divers(a); varicolored; bright; bright; bright; outstanding; agitated; aglitter(p); brilliant; painted; obvious; patched; bizarre.”

vṛṣaṇaṃ < vṛṣaṇam < vṛṣan

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“bullocky; potent; powerful; strong; manly; aroused; potent; much(a); male; large.”

rayiṃ < rayim < rayi

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“wealth; property.”

dāḥ <

[verb], singular, Aorist conj./subj.

“give; add; perform; put; administer; fill into; give; ignite; put on; offer; use; fuel; pour; grant; feed; teach; construct; insert; drip; wrap; pay; hand over; lend; inflict; concentrate; sacrifice; splint; poultice; create.”

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