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 1.119.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यु॒वोर॑श्विना॒ वपु॑षे युवा॒युजं॒ रथं॒ वाणी॑ येमतुरस्य॒ शर्ध्य॑म् । आ वां॑ पति॒त्वं स॒ख्याय॑ ज॒ग्मुषी॒ योषा॑वृणीत॒ जेन्या॑ यु॒वां पती॑ ॥
युवोरश्विना वपुषे युवायुजं रथं वाणी येमतुरस्य शर्ध्यम् । आ वां पतित्वं सख्याय जग्मुषी योषावृणीत जेन्या युवां पती ॥
yuvor aśvinā vapuṣe yuvāyujaṃ rathaṃ vāṇī yematur asya śardhyam | ā vām patitvaṃ sakhyāya jagmuṣī yoṣāvṛṇīta jenyā yuvām patī ||
English translation:
“Aśvins, your admirable (horses) bore the car which you had carnessed, (first) to the goal, for the sake of honour, and the damsel, who was the prize, came through affection, to you, and acknowledged your (husbandship), saying, "you are (my) lords".”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kakṣīvān dairghatamasaḥ [kakṣīvān dairghatamasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): aśvinau ;
Chandas (meter): bhuriktriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यु॒वोः । अ॒श्वि॒ना॒ । वपु॑षे । यु॒वा॒ऽयुज॑म् । रथ॑म् । वानी॒ इति॑ । ये॒म॒तुः॒ । अ॒स्य॒ । शर्ध्य॑म् । आ । वा॒म् । प॒ति॒ऽत्वम् । स॒ख्याय॑ । ज॒ग्मुषी॑ । योषा॑ । अ॒वृण॒ी॒त॒ । जेन्या॑ । यु॒वाम् । पती॒ इति॑ ॥
युवोः । अश्विना । वपुषे । युवायुजम् । रथम् । वानी इति । येमतुः । अस्य । शर्ध्यम् । आ । वाम् । पतित्वम् । सख्याय । जग्मुषी । योषा । अवृणीत । जेन्या । युवाम् । पती इति ॥
yuvoḥ | aśvinā | vapuṣe | yuvāyujam | ratham | vānī iti | yematuḥ | asya | śardhyam | ā | vām | pati-tvam | sakhyāya | jagmuṣī | yoṣā | avṛṇīta | jenyā | yuvām | patī iti
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.119.5 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], genitive, dual
“you.”
[noun], vocative, dual, masculine
“Asvins; two.”
[noun], dative, singular, neuter
“body; form; miracle; human body; beauty; look; spectacle; figure; embodiment.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“chariot; warrior; ratha [word]; Dalbergia oojeinensis; rattan.”
[noun], nominative, dual, feminine
“voice; Sarasvati; words; language.”
[verb], dual, Perfect indicative
“concentrate; grant; restrain; cause; control; offer; cover; raise.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], accusative, dual
“you.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
[noun], dative, singular, neuter
“friendship; aid; company.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“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.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“woman; puppet; daughter.”
[verb], singular, Present optative
“choose; ask.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“noble.”
[noun], accusative, dual
“you.”
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
“husband; overlord; king; deity; īśvara; ruler; pati [word]; commanding officer; leader; owner; mayor; lord.”