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 10.67.8
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ते स॒त्येन॒ मन॑सा॒ गोप॑तिं॒ गा इ॑या॒नास॑ इषणयन्त धी॒भिः । बृह॒स्पति॑र्मि॒थोअ॑वद्यपेभि॒रुदु॒स्रिया॑ असृजत स्व॒युग्भि॑: ॥
ते सत्येन मनसा गोपतिं गा इयानास इषणयन्त धीभिः । बृहस्पतिर्मिथोअवद्यपेभिरुदुस्रिया असृजत स्वयुग्भिः ॥
te satyena manasā gopatiṃ gā iyānāsa iṣaṇayanta dhībhiḥ | bṛhaspatir mithoavadyapebhir ud usriyā asṛjata svayugbhiḥ ||
English translation:
“They with truthful mind searching for the cows resolved by their exploits to make him the lord of cattle;Bṛhaspati with his self-yoked (allied) mutually defending each other from reproach, set free the kind.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Mutuallydefending: mitho avadyapebhiḥ = those to whom the kine, to be protecte4d from the asura in the guise of sin,mutually resort
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): ayāsyaḥ [ayāsya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): bṛhaspatiḥ ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ते । स॒त्येन॑ । मन॑सा । गोऽप॑तिम् । गाः । इ॒या॒नासः॑ । इ॒ष॒ण॒य॒न्त॒ । धी॒भिः । बृह॒स्पतिः॑ । मि॒थःऽअ॑वद्यपेभिः । उत् । उ॒स्रियाः॑ । अ॒सृ॒ज॒त॒ । स्व॒युक्ऽभिः॑ ॥
ते । सत्येन । मनसा । गोपतिम् । गाः । इयानासः । इषणयन्त । धीभिः । बृहस्पतिः । मिथःअवद्यपेभिः । उत् । उस्रियाः । असृजत । स्वयुक्भिः ॥
te | satyena | manasā | go--patim | gāḥ | iyānāsaḥ | iṣaṇayanta | dhībhiḥ | bṛhaspatiḥ | mithaḥ-avadyapebhiḥ | ut | usriyāḥ | asṛjata | svayuk-bhiḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.67.8 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“true; real; real; faithful; good.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter
“mind; Manas; purpose; idea; attention; heart; decision; manas [word]; manas [indecl.]; spirit; temper; intelligence.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Shiva; bull; cowboy; Indra; Gopati; king.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“beg; solicit.”
[verb], plural, Present injunctive
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“intelligence; prayer; mind; insight; idea; hymn; purpose; art; knowledge.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Brihaspati; Jupiter; Bṛhaspati.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
[adverb]
“up.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“cow; dairy product.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“create; shoot; discharge; free; cause; throw; emit; send; produce; use; be born; make.”
[noun]
“own(a); respective(a); akin(p); sva [word]; individual; present(a); independent.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“ally; friend; pair; two; companion.”