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 1.30.17

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आश्वि॑ना॒वश्वा॑वत्ये॒षा या॑तं॒ शवी॑रया । गोम॑द्दस्रा॒ हिर॑ण्यवत् ॥
आश्विनावश्वावत्येषा यातं शवीरया । गोमद्दस्रा हिरण्यवत् ॥
āśvināv aśvāvatyeṣā yātaṃ śavīrayā | gomad dasrā hiraṇyavat ||

English translation:

Aśvins, come hither, with viands borne or many steeds. Dasrās, (let our dwelling) be filled with cattle and with gold.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śunaḥśepa ājīgartiḥ [śunaśepa ājīgarti];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): aśvinau ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ । अ॒श्वि॒नौ॒ । अश्व॑ऽवत्या । इ॒षा । या॒त॒म् । शवी॑रया । गोऽम॑त् । द॒स्रा॒ । हिर॑ण्यऽवत् ॥
आ । अश्विनौ । अश्ववत्या । इषा । यातम् । शवीरया । गोमत् । दस्रा । हिरण्यवत् ॥
ā | aśvinau | aśva-vatyā | iṣā | yātam | śavīrayā | go--mat | dasrā | hiraṇya-vat

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.30.17 English analysis of grammar]

āśvināv < āśvinau < āśvina

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

“Asin.”

aśvāvatyeṣā < aśvāvatyā < aśvāvat

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“rich in horses.”

aśvāvatyeṣā < iṣā < iṣ

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“refreshment; enjoyment; stores.”

yātaṃ < yātam <

[verb], dual, Present imperative

“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”

śavīrayā < śavīra

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

gomad < gomat < gomant

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

dasrā < dasra

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

“Asvins.”

hiraṇyavat

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“possessing gold.”

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