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 1.92.16

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अश्वि॑ना व॒र्तिर॒स्मदा गोम॑द्दस्रा॒ हिर॑ण्यवत् । अ॒र्वाग्रथं॒ सम॑नसा॒ नि य॑च्छतम् ॥
अश्विना वर्तिरस्मदा गोमद्दस्रा हिरण्यवत् । अर्वाग्रथं समनसा नि यच्छतम् ॥
aśvinā vartir asmad ā gomad dasrā hiraṇyavat | arvāg rathaṃ samanasā ni yacchatam ||

English translation:

Aśvins, destroyers of foes, turn with favourable intentions your chariot towards our abode, which contains cattle and gold.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अश्वि॑ना । व॒र्तिः । अ॒स्मत् । आ । गोऽम॑त् । द॒स्रा॒ । हिर॑ण्यऽवत् । अ॒र्वाक् । रथ॑म् । सऽम॑नसा । नि । य॒च्छ॒त॒म् ॥
अश्विना । वर्तिः । अस्मत् । आ । गोमत् । दस्रा । हिरण्यवत् । अर्वाक् । रथम् । समनसा । नि । यच्छतम् ॥
aśvinā | vartiḥ | asmat | ā | go--mat | dasrā | hiraṇya-vat | arvāk | ratham | sa-manasā | ni | yacchatam

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.92.16 English analysis of grammar]

aśvinā < aśvin

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

“Asvins; two.”

vartir < vartiḥ < vartis

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“tour.”

asmad < asmat < mad

[noun], ablative, plural

“I; mine.”

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

gomad < gomat

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“rich in cattle; bovine.”

dasrā < dasrāḥ < dasra

[noun], vocative, plural, masculine

“Asvins.”

hiraṇyavat

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“possessing gold.”

arvāg < arvāk

[adverb]

“here.”

rathaṃ < ratham < ratha

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

samanasā < samanas

[noun], nominative, dual, masculine

“consentaneous.”

ni

[adverb]

“back; down.”

yacchatam < yam

[verb], dual, Present imperative

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

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