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 8.78.8

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्वे वसू॑नि॒ संग॑ता॒ विश्वा॑ च सोम॒ सौभ॑गा । सु॒दात्वप॑रिह्वृता ॥
त्वे वसूनि संगता विश्वा च सोम सौभगा । सुदात्वपरिह्वृता ॥
tve vasūni saṃgatā viśvā ca soma saubhagā | sudātv aparihvṛtā ||

English translation:

“In you, O drinker of the Soma, are treasures stored, and all precious things and unblemished giftṣ”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Drinker of the Soma: i.e., Soma, here appliedl to Indra, as possessing it (somavān) or as identified with it afterdrinking it

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kurusutiḥ kāṇvaḥ [kurusuti kāṇva];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): virāḍgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

त्वे इति॑ । वसू॑नि । सम्ऽग॑ता । विश्वा॑ । च॒ । सो॒म॒ । सौभ॑गा । सु॒ऽदातु॑ । अप॑रिऽह्वृता ॥
त्वे इति । वसूनि । सम्गता । विश्वा । च । सोम । सौभगा । सुदातु । अपरिह्वृता ॥
tve iti | vasūni | sam-gatā | viśvā | ca | soma | saubhagā | su-dātu | apari-hvṛtā

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.78.8 English analysis of grammar]

tve < tvad

[noun], locative, singular

“you.”

vasūni < vasu

[noun], nominative, plural, neuter

“wealth; property; gold; vasu [word]; ruby; treasure; jewel.”

saṃgatā < saṃgam < √gam

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“meet; unite; love; connect; exist; land; justify.”

viśvā < viśva

[noun], nominative, plural, neuter

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

soma

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

saubhagā < saubhaga

[noun], nominative, plural, neuter

“well-being.”

sudātv < su

[adverb]

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

sudātv < dātu

[noun], nominative, plural, neuter

aparihvṛtā < a

[adverb]

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

aparihvṛtā < parihvṛtā < parihvṛ < √hvṛ

[verb noun], nominative, plural

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