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 1.50.9

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अयु॑क्त स॒प्त शु॒न्ध्युव॒: सूरो॒ रथ॑स्य न॒प्त्य॑: । ताभि॑र्याति॒ स्वयु॑क्तिभिः ॥
अयुक्त सप्त शुन्ध्युवः सूरो रथस्य नप्त्यः । ताभिर्याति स्वयुक्तिभिः ॥
ayukta sapta śundhyuvaḥ sūro rathasya naptyaḥ | tābhir yāti svayuktibhiḥ ||

English translation:

“The Sun has yoked the seven mares that safely draw his chariot, and comes with them self-harnessed.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Sapta śundhyuvaḥ; aśva-stṛyaḥ = mares; they are also naptyaḥ, since the car does not fall because of them, yābhir na patati rathaḥ

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): praskaṇvaḥ kāṇvaḥ [praskaṇva kāṇva];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): sūryaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): pipīlikāmadhyānicṛdgāyatrī;;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अयु॑क्त । स॒प्त । शु॒न्ध्युवः॑ । सूरः॑ । रथ॑स्य । न॒प्त्यः॑ । ताभिः॑ । या॒ति॒ । स्वयु॑क्तिऽभिः ॥
अयुक्त । सप्त । शुन्ध्युवः । सूरः । रथस्य । नप्त्यः । ताभिः । याति । स्वयुक्तिभिः ॥
ayukta | sapta | śundhyuvaḥ | sūraḥ | rathasya | naptyaḥ | tābhiḥ | yāti | svayukti-bhiḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.50.9 English analysis of grammar]

ayukta < yuj

[verb], singular, Root aorist (Ind.)

“mix; use; endow; yoke; accompany; to practice Yoga; connect; hire; administer; compound; affect; add; concentrate; unite; join; prosecute; combine; supply; compound; attach to; appoint; fill; process; mobilize; mount; complement; eat; join; treat; coincide; affect; challenge.”

sapta < saptan

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“seven; seventh.”

śundhyuvaḥ < śundhyu

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“fine-looking; beautiful.”

sūro < sūraḥ < sūra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“sun.”

rathasya < ratha

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“chariot; warrior; ratha [word]; Dalbergia oojeinensis; rattan.”

naptyaḥ < naptī

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“daughter; granddaughter.”

tābhir < tābhiḥ < tad

[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

yāti <

[verb], singular, Present indikative

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

svayuktibhiḥ < sva

[noun]

“own(a); respective(a); akin(p); sva [word]; individual; present(a); independent.”

svayuktibhiḥ < yuktibhiḥ < yukti

[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine

“method; moderation; caution; reason; magic trick; proof; reasoning; suitability; application; trick; reason; standard; intelligence; consideration; addition.”

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