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 1.84.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

नकि॒ष्ट्वद्र॒थीत॑रो॒ हरी॒ यदि॑न्द्र॒ यच्छ॑से । नकि॒ष्ट्वानु॑ म॒ज्मना॒ नकि॒: स्वश्व॑ आनशे ॥
नकिष्ट्वद्रथीतरो हरी यदिन्द्र यच्छसे । नकिष्ट्वानु मज्मना नकिः स्वश्व आनशे ॥
nakiṣ ṭvad rathītaro harī yad indra yacchase | nakiṣ ṭvānu majmanā nakiḥ svaśva ānaśe ||

English translation:

“When, Indra, you harness your horses, there is no one a better charioteer than you; no one is equal to you in strength; no one, although well-horsed, has overtaken you.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

नकिः॑ । त्वत् । र॒थीत॑रः । हरी॑ । यत् । इ॒न्द्र॒ । यच्छ॑से । नकिः॑ । त्वा॒ । अनु॑ । म॒ज्मना॑ । नकिः॑ । सु॒ऽअश्वः॑ । आ॒न॒शे॒ ॥
नकिः । त्वत् । रथीतरः । हरी । यत् । इन्द्र । यच्छसे । नकिः । त्वा । अनु । मज्मना । नकिः । सुअश्वः । आनशे ॥
nakiḥ | tvat | rathītaraḥ | harī | yat | indra | yacchase | nakiḥ | tvā | anu | majmanā | nakiḥ | su-aśvaḥ | ānaśe

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.84.6 English analysis of grammar]

nakiṣ < nakir

[adverb]

“not.”

ṭvad < ṭvat < tvad

[noun], ablative, singular

“you.”

rathītaro < rathītaraḥ < rathītara

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

harī < hari

[noun], accusative, dual, masculine

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

yad < yat

[adverb]

“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

yacchase < yam

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“concentrate; grant; restrain; cause; control; offer; cover; raise.”

nakiṣ < nakir

[adverb]

“not.”

ṭvānu < ṭvā < tvad

[noun], accusative, singular

“you.”

ṭvānu < anu

[adverb]

“subsequently; behind; along; towards; because.”

majmanā < majman

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“size.”

nakiḥ < nakir

[adverb]

“not.”

svaśva < su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

svaśva < aśvaḥ < aśva

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”

ānaśe <

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“get; reach; enter (a state).”

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