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 1.161.7
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
निश्चर्म॑णो॒ गाम॑रिणीत धी॒तिभि॒र्या जर॑न्ता युव॒शा ताकृ॑णोतन । सौध॑न्वना॒ अश्वा॒दश्व॑मतक्षत यु॒क्त्वा रथ॒मुप॑ दे॒वाँ अ॑यातन ॥
निश्चर्मणो गामरिणीत धीतिभिर्या जरन्ता युवशा ताकृणोतन । सौधन्वना अश्वादश्वमतक्षत युक्त्वा रथमुप देवाँ अयातन ॥
niś carmaṇo gām ariṇīta dhītibhir yā jarantā yuvaśā tākṛṇotana | saudhanvanā aśvād aśvam atakṣata yuktvā ratham upa devām̐ ayātana ||
English translation:
“Sons of Sudhanvan, from a hideless (cow) you have formed a living one; by your marvellous acts you have made your aged parents young; from one horse you have fabricated another; harness now your chariot, and repair unto the gods.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): dīrghatamā aucathyaḥ [dīrghatamas aucathya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): ṛbhavaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): jagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
निः । चर्म॑णः । गाम् । अ॒रि॒णी॒त॒ । धी॒तिऽभिः॑ । या । जर॑न्ता । यु॒व॒शा । ता । अ॒कृ॒णो॒त॒न॒ । सौध॑न्वनाः । अश्वा॑त् । अश्व॑म् । अ॒त॒क्ष॒त॒ । यु॒क्त्वा । रथ॑म् । उप॑ । दे॒वान् । अ॒या॒त॒न॒ ॥
निः । चर्मणः । गाम् । अरिणीत । धीतिभिः । या । जरन्ता । युवशा । ता । अकृणोतन । सौधन्वनाः । अश्वात् । अश्वम् । अतक्षत । युक्त्वा । रथम् । उप । देवान् । अयातन ॥
niḥ | carmaṇaḥ | gām | ariṇīta | dhīti-bhiḥ | yā | jarantā | yuvaśā | tā | akṛṇotana | saudhanvanāḥ | aśvāt | aśvam | atakṣata | yuktvā | ratham | upa | devān | ayātana
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.161.7 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“niḥ; away; out; without.”
[noun], ablative, singular, neuter
“leather; hide; shield; skin; carman [word]; carman; hide.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[verb], plural, Imperfect
“free; liberate; run; let go of.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, feminine
“thinking; prayer; understanding.”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[verb], plural, Imperfect
“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”
[noun], vocative, plural, masculine
“Ribhus.”
[noun], ablative, singular, masculine
“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”
[verb], plural, Imperfect
“produce; shape; fashion; chisel; invent.”
[verb noun]
“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, singular, masculine
“chariot; warrior; ratha [word]; Dalbergia oojeinensis; rattan.”
[adverb]
“towards; on; next.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”
[verb], plural, Imperfect
“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”