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 1.1.8
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
राज॑न्तमध्व॒राणां॑ गो॒पामृ॒तस्य॒ दीदि॑विम् । वर्ध॑मानं॒ स्वे दमे॑ ॥
राजन्तमध्वराणां गोपामृतस्य दीदिविम् । वर्धमानं स्वे दमे ॥
rājantam adhvarāṇāṃ gopām ṛtasya dīdivim | vardhamānaṃ sve dame ||
English translation:
“You, the radiant, the protector of sacrifice, the constant illuminator of truth, increasing in your own dwelling.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): madhucchandāḥ vaiśvāmitraḥ [madhucchandas vaiśvāmitra];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): yavamadhyāvirāḍgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
राज॑न्तम् । अ॒ध्व॒राणा॑म् । गो॒पाम् । ऋ॒तस्य॑ । दीदि॑विम् । वर्ध॑मानम् । स्वे । दमे॑ ॥
राजन्तम् । अध्वराणाम् । गोपाम् । ऋतस्य । दीदिविम् । वर्धमानम् । स्वे । दमे ॥
rājantam | adhvarāṇām | gopām | ṛtasya | dīdivim | vardhamānam | sve | dame
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.1.8 English analysis of grammar]
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“govern; shine; glitter; direct.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“yajña; ceremony; adhvara [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“herder; defender.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“truth; order; fixed order; ṛta [word]; law; custom; custom.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“increase; grow; vṛdh; increase; succeed; strengthen; grow up; spread.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“own(a); respective(a); akin(p); sva [word]; individual; present(a); independent.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“dwelling; home.”