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 1.43.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
शं न॑: कर॒त्यर्व॑ते सु॒गं मे॒षाय॑ मे॒ष्ये॑ । नृभ्यो॒ नारि॑भ्यो॒ गवे॑ ॥
शं नः करत्यर्वते सुगं मेषाय मेष्ये । नृभ्यो नारिभ्यो गवे ॥
śaṃ naḥ karaty arvate sugam meṣāya meṣye | nṛbhyo nāribhyo gave ||
English translation:
“Who bestows easily-obtained happiness on our steeds, our rams, our ewes, our men, our women, and our cows?”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kaṇvo ghauraḥ [kaṇva ghaura];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): rudraḥ ;
Chandas (meter): pādanicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
शन् । नः॒ । क॒र॒ति॒ । अर्व॑ते । सु॒ऽगम् । मे॒षाय॑ । मे॒ष्ये॑ । नृऽभ्यः॑ । नारि॑ऽभ्यः । गवे॑ ॥
शन् । नः । करति । अर्वते । सुगम् । मेषाय । मेष्ये । नृभ्यः । नारिभ्यः । गवे ॥
śan | naḥ | karati | arvate | su-gam | meṣāya | meṣye | nṛ-bhyaḥ | nāri-bhyaḥ | gave
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.43.6 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“śam [word].”
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb], singular, Aorist conj./subj.
“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“horse.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“sheep; ram; Naigameṣa.”
[noun], dative, singular, feminine
“ewe; Dalbergia oojeinensis.”
[noun], dative, plural, masculine
“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”
[noun], dative, plural, feminine
“woman; wife; female.”
[noun], dative, singular, feminine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”