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 1.82.5

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यु॒क्तस्ते॑ अस्तु॒ दक्षि॑ण उ॒त स॒व्यः श॑तक्रतो । तेन॑ जा॒यामुप॑ प्रि॒यां म॑न्दा॒नो या॒ह्यन्ध॑सो॒ योजा॒ न्वि॑न्द्र ते॒ हरी॑ ॥
युक्तस्ते अस्तु दक्षिण उत सव्यः शतक्रतो । तेन जायामुप प्रियां मन्दानो याह्यन्धसो योजा न्विन्द्र ते हरी ॥
yuktas te astu dakṣiṇa uta savyaḥ śatakrato | tena jāyām upa priyām mandāno yāhy andhaso yojā nv indra te harī ||

English translation:

“Performer of many (holy) acts, let your steeds be harnessed on the right and on the left, and when exhilarated by the (sacrificial) food, repair in your chariot to your beloved wife; quickly, Indra, yoke your horses.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gotamo rāhūgaṇaḥ [gotama rāhūgaṇa];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): virāḍāstārapaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यु॒क्तः । ते॒ । अ॒स्तु॒ । दक्षि॑णः । उ॒त । स॒व्यः । श॒त॒क्र॒तो॒ इति॑ शतऽक्रतो । तेन॑ । जा॒याम् । उप॑ । प्रि॒याम् । म॒न्दा॒नः । या॒हि॒ । अन्ध॑सः । योज॑ । नु । इ॒न्द्र॒ । ते॒ । हरी॒ इति॑ ॥
युक्तः । ते । अस्तु । दक्षिणः । उत । सव्यः । शतक्रतो इति शतक्रतो । तेन । जायाम् । उप । प्रियाम् । मन्दानः । याहि । अन्धसः । योज । नु । इन्द्र । ते । हरी इति ॥
yuktaḥ | te | astu | dakṣiṇaḥ | uta | savyaḥ | śatakrato itiśata-krato | tena | jāyām | upa | priyām | mandānaḥ | yāhi | andhasaḥ | yoja | nu | indra | te | harī iti

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.82.5 English analysis of grammar]

yuktas < yuktaḥ < yuj

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“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.”

te < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

astu < as

[verb], singular, Present imperative

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

dakṣiṇa < dakṣiṇaḥ < dakṣiṇa

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“southern; right; south; southerly; dakṣiṇa [word]; sincere; clockwise; deft.”

uta

[adverb]

“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”

savyaḥ < savya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“left; savya [word].”

śatakrato < śatakratu

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Indra.”

tena < tad

[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.”

jāyām < jāyā

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“wife; jāyā [word].”

upa

[adverb]

“towards; on; next.”

priyām < priya

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“beloved; pleasant; dear; fond(p); wanted; priya [word]; favorite; good; liked; suitable; proper.”

mandāno < mandānaḥ < mad

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“rut; intoxicate; delight; revel; rejoice; drink; ramp; exult.”

yāhy < yāhi <

[verb], singular, Present imperative

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

andhaso < andhasaḥ < andhas

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“Soma; drink; amṛta.”

yojā < yuj

[verb], singular, Aorist conj./subj.

“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.”

nv < nu

[adverb]

“now; already.”

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”

te < tvad

[noun], dative, singular

“you.”

harī < hari

[noun], accusative, dual, masculine

“Vishnu; monkey; Krishna; horse; lion; Indra; Hari; Surya; Hari; haritāla; Hari; snake; frog.”

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