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 1.117.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यो वा॑मश्विना॒ मन॑सो॒ जवी॑या॒न्रथ॒: स्वश्वो॒ विश॑ आ॒जिगा॑ति । येन॒ गच्छ॑थः सु॒कृतो॑ दुरो॒णं तेन॑ नरा व॒र्तिर॒स्मभ्यं॑ यातम् ॥
यो वामश्विना मनसो जवीयान्रथः स्वश्वो विश आजिगाति । येन गच्छथः सुकृतो दुरोणं तेन नरा वर्तिरस्मभ्यं यातम् ॥
yo vām aśvinā manaso javīyān rathaḥ svaśvo viśa ājigāti | yena gacchathaḥ sukṛto duroṇaṃ tena narā vartir asmabhyaṃ yātam ||

English translation:

“With that car, Aśvins, which, rapid as thought, drawn by good horses, appears before men, and withwhich you repair to the dwelling of the virtuous, come, leaders of (sacrifice), to our abode.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यः । वा॒म् । अ॒श्वि॒ना॒ । मन॑सः । जवी॑यान् । रथः॑ । सु॒ऽअश्वः॑ । विशः॑ । आ॒ऽजिगा॑ति । येन॑ । गच्छ॑थः । सु॒ऽकृतः॑ । दु॒रो॒णम् । तेन॑ । न॒रा॒ । व॒र्तिः । अ॒स्मभ्य॑म् । या॒त॒म् ॥
यः । वाम् । अश्विना । मनसः । जवीयान् । रथः । सुअश्वः । विशः । आजिगाति । येन । गच्छथः । सुकृतः । दुरोणम् । तेन । नरा । वर्तिः । अस्मभ्यम् । यातम् ॥
yaḥ | vām | aśvinā | manasaḥ | javīyān | rathaḥ | su-aśvaḥ | viśaḥ | ājigāti | yena | gacchathaḥ | su-kṛtaḥ | duroṇam | tena | narā | vartiḥ | asmabhyam | yātam

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.117.2 English analysis of grammar]

yo < yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

vām < tvad

[noun], genitive, dual

“you.”

aśvinā < aśvin

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

“Asvins; two.”

manaso < manasaḥ < manas

[noun], ablative, singular, neuter

“mind; Manas; purpose; idea; attention; heart; decision; manas [word]; manas [indecl.]; spirit; temper; intelligence.”

javīyān < javīyas

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“fast.”

rathaḥ < ratha

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

svaśvo < su

[adverb]

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

svaśvo < aśvaḥ < aśva

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”

viśa < viśaḥ < viś

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“people; tribe; Vaisya; national; viś; real property; Vaisya.”

ājigāti < āgā < √gā

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“come; arrive.”

yena < yad

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

gacchathaḥ < gam

[verb], dual, Present indikative

“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”

sukṛto < su

[adverb]

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

sukṛto < kṛtaḥ < kṛt

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“causing; making; performing; promotive; producing; doing; acting; writing; transforming; effecting.”

duroṇaṃ < duroṇam < duroṇa

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“home; dwelling.”

tena < tad

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

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

narā < nṛ

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”

vartir < vartiḥ < vartis

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“tour.”

asmabhyaṃ < asmabhyam < mad

[noun], dative, plural

“I; mine.”

yātam <

[verb], dual, Present imperative

“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”

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