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 1.14.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
घृ॒तपृ॑ष्ठा मनो॒युजो॒ ये त्वा॒ वह॑न्ति॒ वह्न॑यः । आ दे॒वान्त्सोम॑पीतये ॥
घृतपृष्ठा मनोयुजो ये त्वा वहन्ति वह्नयः । आ देवान्त्सोमपीतये ॥
ghṛtapṛṣṭhā manoyujo ye tvā vahanti vahnayaḥ | ā devān somapītaye ||
English translation:
“Let the coursers who convey you, glossy-backed, and harnessed at will, bring the gods to drink the Soma juice.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Ghṛta pṛṣṭhāḥ, their backs shining with or from clarified butter or ghee (which is the feed for the horses)
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): medhātithiḥ kāṇvaḥ [medhātithi kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
घृ॒तऽपृ॑ष्ठाः । मनः॒ऽयुजः॑ । ये । त्वा॒ । वह॑न्ति । वह्न॑यः । आ । दे॒वान् । सोम॑ऽपीतये ॥
घृतपृष्ठाः । मनःयुजः । ये । त्वा । वहन्ति । वह्नयः । आ । देवान् । सोमपीतये ॥
ghṛta-pṛṣṭhāḥ | manaḥ-yujaḥ | ye | tvā | vahanti | vahnayaḥ | ā | devān | soma-pītaye
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.14.6 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], neuter
“ghee; fat.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“back; top; top; surface; shell; peak; Pṛṣṭha; flat roof; pṛṣṭha [word]; back; roof.”
[noun], neuter
“mind; Manas; purpose; idea; attention; heart; decision; manas [word]; manas [indecl.]; spirit; temper; intelligence.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“amalgamated; harnessed.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“transport; bring; marry; run; drive; vāhay; drive; run; pull; nirvāpay; blow; transport; discharge; assume; remove.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“fire; digestion; Plumbago zeylanica; Agni; vahni; draft horse; three; sacrificial fire; Vahni; gold; southeast; citron; charioteer; leader.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[noun], masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[noun], dative, singular, feminine
“drinking; haritāla.”