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 1.66.10

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सिन्धु॒र्न क्षोद॒: प्र नीची॑रैनो॒न्नव॑न्त॒ गाव॒: स्व१॒॑र्दृशी॑के ॥
सिन्धुर्न क्षोदः प्र नीचीरैनोन्नवन्त गावः स्वर्दृशीके ॥
sindhur na kṣodaḥ pra nīcīr ainon navanta gāvaḥ svar dṛśīke ||

English translation:

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): parāśaraḥ śāktaḥ [parāśara śākta];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): Dvipadaa viraat;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सिन्धुः॒ । न । क्षोदः॑ । प्र । नीचीः॑ । ऐ॒नो॒त् । नव॑न्ते । गावः॑ । स्वः॑ । दृशी॑के ॥
सिन्धुः । न । क्षोदः । प्र । नीचीः । ऐनोत् । नवन्ते । गावः । स्वः । दृशीके ॥
sindhuḥ | na | kṣodaḥ | pra | nīcīḥ | ainot | navante | gāvaḥ | svaḥ | dṛśīke

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.66.10 English analysis of grammar]

sindhur < sindhuḥ < sindhu

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“river; Indus; sindhu [word].”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

kṣodaḥ < kṣodas

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“swell.”

pra

[adverb]

“towards; ahead.”

nīcīr < nīcīḥ < nyāñc

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

ainon < ainot < i

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”

navanta <

[verb], plural, Present injunctive

“praise; shout.”

gāvaḥ < go

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”

svar

[adverb]

“sun; sky; sunlight.”

dṛśīke < dṛśīka

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“visual perception.”

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