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 1.84.14

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इ॒च्छन्नश्व॑स्य॒ यच्छिर॒: पर्व॑ते॒ष्वप॑श्रितम् । तद्वि॑दच्छर्य॒णाव॑ति ॥
इच्छन्नश्वस्य यच्छिरः पर्वतेष्वपश्रितम् । तद्विदच्छर्यणावति ॥
icchann aśvasya yac chiraḥ parvateṣv apaśritam | tad vidac charyaṇāvati ||

English translation:

“Wishing for the horse's head hidden in the mountains, he found is Śaryaṇāvat.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

इ॒च्छन् । अश्व॑स्य । यत् । शिरः॑ । पर्व॑तेषु । अप॑ऽश्रितम् । तत् । वि॒द॒त् । श॒र्य॒णाऽव॑ति ॥
इच्छन् । अश्वस्य । यत् । शिरः । पर्वतेषु । अपश्रितम् । तत् । विदत् । शर्यणावति ॥
icchan | aśvasya | yat | śiraḥ | parvateṣu | apa-śritam | tat | vidat | śaryaṇāvati

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.84.14 English analysis of grammar]

icchann < icchan < iṣ

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“desire; recommend; approve; seek; call; search; try; prefer; love; commend; assent; permit; choose.”

aśvasya < aśva

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”

yacchiraḥ < yat

[adverb]

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

yacchiraḥ < śiraḥ < śiras

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“head; top; peak; battlefront; śiras [word]; beginning; skull.”

parvateṣv < parvateṣu < parvata

[noun], locative, plural, masculine

“mountain; Parvata; parvata [word]; Parvata; Parvata; rock; height.”

apaśritam < apaśri < √śri

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“withdraw.”

tad < tat < tad

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

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

vidaccharyaṇāvati < vidat < vid

[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)

“find; detect; marry; get; think.”

vidaccharyaṇāvati < śaryaṇāvati < śaryaṇāvant

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

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