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 1.16.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इ॒मा धा॒ना घृ॑त॒स्नुवो॒ हरी॑ इ॒होप॑ वक्षतः । इन्द्रं॑ सु॒खत॑मे॒ रथे॑ ॥
इमा धाना घृतस्नुवो हरी इहोप वक्षतः । इन्द्रं सुखतमे रथे ॥
imā dhānā ghṛtasnuvo harī ihopa vakṣataḥ | indraṃ sukhatame rathe ||
English translation:
“Let his coursers convey Indra in an easy moving chariot hither, where these grains (of parched barley), steeped in clarified butter, are strewn (upon the altar).”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): medhātithiḥ kāṇvaḥ [medhātithi kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इ॒माः । धा॒नाः । घृ॒त॒ऽस्नुवः॑ । हरी॒ इति॑ । इ॒ह । उप॑ । व॒क्ष॒तः॒ । इन्द्र॑म् । सु॒खऽत॑मे । रथे॑ ॥
इमाः । धानाः । घृतस्नुवः । हरी इति । इह । उप । वक्षतः । इन्द्रम् । सुखतमे । रथे ॥
imāḥ | dhānāḥ | ghṛta-snuvaḥ | harī iti | iha | upa | vakṣataḥ | indram | sukha-tame | rathe
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.16.2 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“Dhānā; Coriander; corn; grain.”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“Vishnu; monkey; Krishna; horse; lion; Indra; Hari; Surya; Hari; haritāla; Hari; snake; frog.”
[adverb]
“here; now; in this world; now; below; there; here; just.”
[adverb]
“towards; on; next.”
[verb], dual, Aorist conj./subj.
“transport; bring; marry; run; drive; vāhay; drive; run; pull; nirvāpay; blow; transport; discharge; assume; remove.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“chariot; warrior; ratha [word]; Dalbergia oojeinensis; rattan.”