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 1.25.16
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
परा॑ मे यन्ति धी॒तयो॒ गावो॒ न गव्यू॑ती॒रनु॑ । इ॒च्छन्ती॑रुरु॒चक्ष॑सम् ॥
परा मे यन्ति धीतयो गावो न गव्यूतीरनु । इच्छन्तीरुरुचक्षसम् ॥
parā me yanti dhītayo gāvo na gavyūtīr anu | icchantīr urucakṣasam ||
English translation:
“My thoughts ever turn back to him who is beheld of many, as the kine return to the pastures.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śunaḥśepa ājīgartiḥ [śunaśepa ājīgarti];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): varuṇaḥ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
पराः॑ । मे॒ । य॒न्ति॒ । धी॒तयः । गावः॑ । न । गव्यू॑तीः । अनु॑ । इ॒च्छन्तीः॑ । उ॒रु॒ऽचक्ष॑सम् ॥
पराः । मे । यन्ति । धीतयः । गावः । न । गव्यूतीः । अनु । इच्छन्तीः । उरुचक्षसम् ॥
parāḥ | me | yanti | dhītayaḥ | gāvaḥ | na | gavyūtīḥ | anu | icchantīḥ | uru-cakṣasam
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.25.16 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“away.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“I; mine.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“thinking; prayer; understanding.”
[noun], nominative, plural
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], accusative, plural, feminine
“pasture.”
[adverb]
“subsequently; behind; along; towards; because.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“desire; recommend; approve; seek; call; search; try; prefer; love; commend; assent; permit; choose.”
[noun]
“wide; broad; great; uru [word]; much(a); excellent.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“eye; look; radiance.”