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 1.29.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
समि॑न्द्र गर्द॒भं मृ॑ण नु॒वन्तं॑ पा॒पया॑मु॒या । आ तू न॑ इन्द्र शंसय॒ गोष्वश्वे॑षु शु॒भ्रिषु॑ स॒हस्रे॑षु तुवीमघ ॥
समिन्द्र गर्दभं मृण नुवन्तं पापयामुया । आ तू न इन्द्र शंसय गोष्वश्वेषु शुभ्रिषु सहस्रेषु तुवीमघ ॥
sam indra gardabham mṛṇa nuvantam pāpayāmuyā | ā tū na indra śaṃsaya goṣv aśveṣu śubhriṣu sahasreṣu tuvīmagha ||
English translation:
“Indra, destroy this ass, (our adversary), praising you with such discordant speech; and do your, Indra, of boundless wealth, enrich us with thousands of excellent cows and horses.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Nuvantam-pāpayāmuyā, praising with this speech that is of the nature of abuse (nindarūpayā vācā); hence, he is called an ass braying harsh sounds: yathā gardabhaḥ śrotum aśakyam paruṣam śabdam karoti
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śunaḥśepa ājīgartiḥ [śunaśepa ājīgarti];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛtpaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
सम् । इ॒न्द्र॒ । ग॒र्द॒भम् । मृ॒ण॒ । नु॒वन्त॑म् । पा॒पया॑ । अ॒मु॒या । आ । तु । नः॒ । इ॒न्द्र॒ । शं॒स॒य॒ । गोषु॑ । अश्वे॑षु । शु॒भ्रिषु॑ । स॒हस्रे॑षु । तु॒वी॒ऽम॒घ॒ ॥
सम् । इन्द्र । गर्दभम् । मृण । नुवन्तम् । पापया । अमुया । आ । तु । नः । इन्द्र । शंसय । गोषु । अश्वेषु । शुभ्रिषु । सहस्रेषु । तुवीमघ ॥
sam | indra | gardabham | mṛṇa | nuvantam | pāpayā | amuyā | ā | tu | naḥ | indra | śaṃsaya | goṣu | aśveṣu | śubhriṣu | sahasreṣu | tuvī-magha
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.29.5 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“sam; together; together; saṃ.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“ass.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“kill; crush.”
[verb noun], accusative, singular
“praise; shout.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“evil; dangerous; wicked; pāpa [word].”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“that; John Doe; yonder; from here.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[adverb]
“now; then; but; and; now; however; then; then; surely.”
[noun], dative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
[noun], locative, plural
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“beautiful.”
[noun], locative, plural, neuter
“thousand; one-thousandth; sahasra [word].”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine