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 1.116.17

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ वां॒ रथं॑ दुहि॒ता सूर्य॑स्य॒ कार्ष्मे॑वातिष्ठ॒दर्व॑ता॒ जय॑न्ती । विश्वे॑ दे॒वा अन्व॑मन्यन्त हृ॒द्भिः समु॑ श्रि॒या ना॑सत्या सचेथे ॥
आ वां रथं दुहिता सूर्यस्य कार्ष्मेवातिष्ठदर्वता जयन्ती । विश्वे देवा अन्वमन्यन्त हृद्भिः समु श्रिया नासत्या सचेथे ॥
ā vāṃ rathaṃ duhitā sūryasya kārṣmevātiṣṭhad arvatā jayantī | viśve devā anv amanyanta hṛdbhiḥ sam u śriyā nāsatyā sacethe ||

English translation:

“The daughter of the sun ascended your car, (like a runner) to a goal; when you won (the race) with your swift horse, all the gods looked on with (anxious hearts), and you, Nāsatyas, were associated with glory.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Sūrya was desirous of giving his daughter Sūrya to Soma, but all the gods desired her as a wife; they agreed that he who should first reach the sun, as a goal should wed the damsel. The Aśvins were victorious, and Sūrya, well plural ased by their success, rushed immediately into their chariot

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kakṣīvān;
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): aśvinau ;
Chandas (meter): svarāṭpaṅkti;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ । वा॒म् । रथ॑म् । दु॒हि॒ता । सूर्य॑स्य । कार्ष्म॑ऽइव । अ॒ति॒ष्ठ॒त् । अर्व॑ता । जय॑न्ती । विश्वे॑ । दे॒वाः । अनु॑ । अ॒म॒न्य॒न्त॒ । हृ॒त्ऽभिः । सम् । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । श्रि॒या । ना॒स॒त्या॒ । स॒चे॒थे॒ इति॑ ॥
आ । वाम् । रथम् । दुहिता । सूर्यस्य । कार्ष्मइव । अतिष्ठत् । अर्वता । जयन्ती । विश्वे । देवाः । अनु । अमन्यन्त । हृत्भिः । सम् । ऊँ इति । श्रिया । नासत्या । सचेथे इति ॥
ā | vām | ratham | duhitā | sūryasya | kārṣma-iva | atiṣṭhat | arvatā | jayantī | viśve | devāḥ | anu | amanyanta | hṛt-bhiḥ | sam | oṃ iti | śriyā | nāsatyā | sacetheiti

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.116.17 English analysis of grammar]

ā

[adverb]

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

vāṃ < vām < tvad

[noun], genitive, dual

“you.”

rathaṃ < ratham < ratha

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

duhitā < duhitṛ

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“daughter; duhitṛ [word].”

sūryasya < sūrya

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”

kārṣmevātiṣṭhad < kārṣma < kārṣman

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

kārṣmevātiṣṭhad < iva

[adverb]

“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”

kārṣmevātiṣṭhad < atiṣṭhat < sthā

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“stay; stand; situate; exist; [in]; resist; endure; put; soak; be; stop; adhere; get stale; concentrate; grow; trust; wake; consociate; last; dwell; lie; stand; stop.”

arvatā < arvant

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“horse.”

jayantī < ji

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“overcome; cure; win; conquer; control; win; succeed; remove; beat; govern; surpass; suppress.”

viśve < viśva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

devā < devāḥ < deva

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

anv < anu

[adverb]

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

amanyanta < man

[verb], plural, Imperfect

“think of; name; believe; teach; honor; deem; recommend; approve; think; define; call; respect; believe; enumerate; understand; see; describe.”

hṛdbhiḥ < hṛd

[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter

“heart; heart; mind; breast; hṛd [word].”

sam

[adverb]

“sam; together; together; saṃ.”

u

[adverb]

“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”

śriyā < śrī

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“mister; Ms.; Lakshmi; good fortune; well-being; magnificence; glory; beauty; Aegle marmelos (Linn.) Correa; dignity; power; śrī [word]; śrī; prosperity; auspiciousness.”

nāsatyā < nāsatya

[noun], nominative, dual, masculine

“Asvins; nāsatya [word].”

sacethe < sac

[verb], dual, Present indikative

“accompany; follow; company; obey; participate; enter.”

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