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 1.34.10
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
आ ना॑सत्या॒ गच्छ॑तं हू॒यते॑ ह॒विर्मध्व॑: पिबतं मधु॒पेभि॑रा॒सभि॑: । यु॒वोर्हि पूर्वं॑ सवि॒तोषसो॒ रथ॑मृ॒ताय॑ चि॒त्रं घृ॒तव॑न्त॒मिष्य॑ति ॥
आ नासत्या गच्छतं हूयते हविर्मध्वः पिबतं मधुपेभिरासभिः । युवोर्हि पूर्वं सवितोषसो रथमृताय चित्रं घृतवन्तमिष्यति ॥
ā nāsatyā gacchataṃ hūyate havir madhvaḥ pibatam madhupebhir āsabhiḥ | yuvor hi pūrvaṃ savitoṣaso ratham ṛtāya citraṃ ghṛtavantam iṣyati ||
English translation:
“Come, Nāsatyas, to the sacrifice; the oblation is offered; drink the juice with mouths that relish the sweet savour. Before dawn, even, Savitā send (to bring you) to the rite, your wonderful car shining with clarified butter.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): hiraṇyastūpa āṅgirasaḥ [hiraṇyastūpa āṅgirasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): aśvinau ;
Chandas (meter): jagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
आ । ना॒स॒त्या॒ । गच्छ॑तम् । हू॒यते॑ । ह॒विः । मध्वः॑ । पि॒ब॒त॒म् । म॒धु॒ऽपेभिः॑ । आ॒सऽभिः॑ । यु॒वोः । हि । पूर्व॑म् । स॒वि॒ता । उ॒षसः॑ । रथ॑म् । ऋ॒ताय॑ । चि॒त्रम् । घृ॒तऽव॑न्तम् । इष्य॑ति ॥
आ । नासत्या । गच्छतम् । हूयते । हविः । मध्वः । पिबतम् । मधुपेभिः । आसभिः । युवोः । हि । पूर्वम् । सविता । उषसः । रथम् । ऋताय । चित्रम् । घृतवन्तम् । इष्यति ॥
ā | nāsatyā | gacchatam | hūyate | haviḥ | madhvaḥ | pibatam | madhu-pebhiḥ | āsa-bhiḥ | yuvoḥ | hi | pūrvam | savitā | uṣasaḥ | ratham | ṛtāya | citram | ghṛta-vantam | iṣyati
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.34.10 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], vocative, dual, masculine
“Asvins; nāsatya [word].”
[verb], dual, Present imperative
“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”
[verb], singular, Indikativ Pr￤s. Passiv
“sacrifice; offer; pour; worship.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“Havya; offering; ghee; havis [word].”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“honey; alcohol; sweet; nectar; madhu [word].”
[verb], dual, Present imperative
“drink; gulp; soak; drink; suck; inhale.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter
[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter
“mouth.”
[noun], genitive, dual
“you.”
[adverb]
“because; indeed; for; therefore; hi [word].”
[adverb]
“earlier; first; once; previously; ahead.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Savitar; sun; Surya; Savitṛ.”
[noun], ablative, singular, feminine
“Ushas; dawn; uṣas [word]; morning.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“chariot; warrior; ratha [word]; Dalbergia oojeinensis; rattan.”
[noun], dative, singular, neuter
“truth; order; fixed order; ṛta [word]; law; custom; custom.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“manifold; extraordinary; beautiful; divers(a); varicolored; bright; bright; bright; outstanding; agitated; aglitter(p); brilliant; painted; obvious; patched; bizarre.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“buttery.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“send.”