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 1.37.14

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

प्र या॑त॒ शीभ॑मा॒शुभि॒: सन्ति॒ कण्वे॑षु वो॒ दुव॑: । तत्रो॒ षु मा॑दयाध्वै ॥
प्र यात शीभमाशुभिः सन्ति कण्वेषु वो दुवः । तत्रो षु मादयाध्वै ॥
pra yāta śībham āśubhiḥ santi kaṇveṣu vo duvaḥ | tatro ṣu mādayādhvai ||

English translation:

“Come quickly, with your swift (vehicles); the offerings of the kaṇvas are prepared; be plural ased with them.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kaṇvo ghauraḥ [kaṇva ghaura];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): marūtaḥ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

प्र । या॒त॒ । शीभ॑म् । आ॒शुभिः॑ । स॒न्ति॒ । कण्वे॑षु । वः॒ । दुवः॑ । तत्रो॒ इति॑ । सु । मा॒द॒या॒ध्वै॒ ॥
प्र । यात । शीभम् । आशुभिः । सन्ति । कण्वेषु । वः । दुवः । तत्रो इति । सु । मादयाध्वै ॥
pra | yāta | śībham | āśubhiḥ | santi | kaṇveṣu | vaḥ | duvaḥ | tatro iti | su | mādayādhvai

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.37.14 English analysis of grammar]

pra

[adverb]

“towards; ahead.”

yāta <

[verb], plural, Present imperative

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

śībham

[adverb]

āśubhiḥ < āśu

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“quick; fast; immediate; agile.”

santi < as

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”

kaṇveṣu < kaṇva

[noun], locative, plural, masculine

“Kaṇva; Kaṇva; kaṇva [word].”

vo < vaḥ < tvad

[noun], genitive, plural

“you.”

duvaḥ <

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

tatro < tatra

[adverb]

“there; now; then; then; there; in that place; then; locative; respectively; there; tatra [word]; inside; therefore.”

tatro < u

[adverb]

“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”

ṣu < su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

mādayādhvai < māday < √mad

[verb], plural, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)

“delight; enjoy; intoxicate.”

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