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 1.94.10
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यदयु॑क्था अरु॒षा रोहि॑ता॒ रथे॒ वात॑जूता वृष॒भस्ये॑व ते॒ रव॑: । आदि॑न्वसि व॒निनो॑ धू॒मके॑तु॒नाग्ने॑ स॒ख्ये मा रि॑षामा व॒यं तव॑ ॥
यदयुक्था अरुषा रोहिता रथे वातजूता वृषभस्येव ते रवः । आदिन्वसि वनिनो धूमकेतुनाग्ने सख्ये मा रिषामा वयं तव ॥
yad ayukthā aruṣā rohitā rathe vātajūtā vṛṣabhasyeva te ravaḥ | ād invasi vanino dhūmaketunāgne sakhye mā riṣāmā vayaṃ tava ||
English translation:
“When you have yoked the bright red horses (ete vai devāśvāḥ: Taittirīya Saṃhitā 1.7.4.3), swift as the wind, to your car, your roar is like that of a bull, and you enwrap the forest trees with a banner of smoke; let us not, Agni, suffer injury through your friendship.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kutsaḥ āṅgirasaḥ [kutsa āṅgirasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛjjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यत् । अयु॑क्थाः । अ॒रु॒षा । रोहि॑ता । रथे॑ । वात॑ऽजूता । वृ॒ष॒भस्य॑ऽइव । ते॒ । आत् । इ॒न्व॒सि॒ । व॒निनः॑ । धू॒मऽके॑तुना । अग्ने॑ । स॒ख्ये । मा । रि॒षा॒म॒ । व॒यम् । तव॑ ॥
यत् । अयुक्थाः । अरुषा । रोहिता । रथे । वातजूता । वृषभस्यइव । ते । आत् । इन्वसि । वनिनः । धूमकेतुना । अग्ने । सख्ये । मा । रिषाम । वयम् । तव ॥
yat | ayukthāḥ | aruṣā | rohitā | rathe | vāta-jūtā | vṛṣabhasya-iva | te | āt | invasi | vaninaḥ | dhūma-ketunā | agne | sakhye | mā | riṣāma | vayam | tava
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.94.10 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”
[verb], singular, Root aorist (Ind.)
“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.”
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
“red; red.”
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
“red.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“chariot; warrior; ratha [word]; Dalbergia oojeinensis; rattan.”
[noun], masculine
“vāta; wind; fart; Vayu; air; draft; vāta [word]; Vāta; rheumatism; Marut.”
[verb noun], accusative, dual
“animate; encourage; impel; inspire.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“bull; Vṛṣabha; Vṛṣabha; best.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“sound; howl; thunder; cry; talk; cry.”
[adverb]
“then.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“bring; drive.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“tree.”
[noun], masculine
“smoke; dhūmavedha; carbon black; dhūmana; mist; vapor; vaporization; dhūma [word]; incense.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“banner; ketu; sunbeam; enemy; sign; Premna spinosa Roxb.; comet; signal; signal; luminosity.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“friendship; aid; company.”
[adverb]
“not.”
[verb], plural, Aorist conj./subj.
“suffer; harm.”
[noun], nominative, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”