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 1.47.9
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तेन॑ नास॒त्या ग॑तं॒ रथे॑न॒ सूर्य॑त्वचा । येन॒ शश्व॑दू॒हथु॑र्दा॒शुषे॒ वसु॒ मध्व॒: सोम॑स्य पी॒तये॑ ॥
तेन नासत्या गतं रथेन सूर्यत्वचा । येन शश्वदूहथुर्दाशुषे वसु मध्वः सोमस्य पीतये ॥
tena nāsatyā gataṃ rathena sūryatvacā | yena śaśvad ūhathur dāśuṣe vasu madhvaḥ somasya pītaye ||
English translation:
“Come, Nāsatyas, with your sun-clad chariot, in which you have ever conveyed wealth to the donor (of the offering), to drink of the sweet Soma.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Sun-clad: lit. sun-skinned, sūryatvacā, i.e. surrounded by the sun or like the sun in brightness
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): praskaṇvaḥ kāṇvaḥ [praskaṇva kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): aśvinau ;
Chandas (meter): virāṭpathyābṛhatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तेन॑ । ना॒स॒त्या॒ । आ । ग॒त॒म् । रथे॑न । सूर्य॑ऽत्वचा । येन॑ । शश्व॑त् । ऊ॒हथुः॑ । दा॒शुषे॑ । वसु॑ । मध्वः॑ । सोम॑स्य । पी॒तये॑ ॥
तेन । नासत्या । आ । गतम् । रथेन । सूर्यत्वचा । येन । शश्वत् । ऊहथुः । दाशुषे । वसु । मध्वः । सोमस्य । पीतये ॥
tena | nāsatyā | ā | gatam | rathena | sūrya-tvacā | yena | śaśvat | ūhathuḥ | dāśuṣe | vasu | madhvaḥ | somasya | pītaye
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.47.9 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], vocative, dual, masculine
“Asvins; nāsatya [word].”
[verb], dual, Aorist 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.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“chariot; warrior; ratha [word]; Dalbergia oojeinensis; rattan.”
[noun], masculine
“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“skin; bark; peel; hide; complexion; hide; Rasa; rind.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[adverb]
“always; repeatedly; continually; wholly.”
[verb], dual, Perfect indicative
“transport; bring; marry; run; drive; vāhay; drive; run; pull; nirvāpay; blow; transport; discharge; assume; remove.”
[verb noun], dative, singular
“sacrifice; give.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“wealth; property; gold; vasu [word]; ruby; treasure; jewel.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“sweet; deft.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[noun], dative, singular, feminine
“drinking; haritāla.”