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 1.162.12
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ये वा॒जिनं॑ परि॒पश्य॑न्ति प॒क्वं य ई॑मा॒हुः सु॑र॒भिर्निर्ह॒रेति॑ । ये चार्व॑तो मांसभि॒क्षामु॒पास॑त उ॒तो तेषा॑म॒भिगू॑र्तिर्न इन्वतु ॥
ये वाजिनं परिपश्यन्ति पक्वं य ईमाहुः सुरभिर्निर्हरेति । ये चार्वतो मांसभिक्षामुपासत उतो तेषामभिगूर्तिर्न इन्वतु ॥
ye vājinam paripaśyanti pakvaṃ ya īm āhuḥ surabhir nir hareti | ye cārvato māṃsabhikṣām upāsata uto teṣām abhigūrtir na invatu ||
English translation:
“Let their exertions be for our good who watch the cooking of the horse; who say, it is fragrant; therefore give us some; who solicit the flesh of the horse as alms.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Therefore give us some: ya īm āhuḥ suribhir nirhareti = ye cainam śobhana gandho ataḥ kiñcid asmabhyam dehi = who say of it, it is fragrant, therefore, give us some; or, give to to the gods;
Nirhara = take off, or give, having no government
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): dīrghatamā aucathyaḥ [dīrghatamas aucathya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): mitrādayo liṅgoktāḥ ;
Chandas (meter): svarāṭtriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ये । वा॒जिन॑म् । प॒रि॒ऽपस्य॑न्ति । प॒क्वम् । ये । ई॒म् । आ॒हुः । सु॒र॒भिः । निः । ह॒र॒ । इति॑ । ये । च॒ । अर्व॑तः । मां॒स॒ऽभि॒क्षाम् । उ॒प॒ऽआस॑ते उ॒तो इति॑ । तेषा॑म् । अ॒भिऽगू॑र्तिः । नः॒ । इ॒न्व॒तु॒ ॥
ये । वाजिनम् । परिपस्यन्ति । पक्वम् । ये । ईम् । आहुः । सुरभिः । निः । हर । इति । ये । च । अर्वतः । मांसभिक्षाम् । उपआसते उतो इति । तेषाम् । अभिगूर्तिः । नः । इन्वतु ॥
ye | vājinam | pari-pasyanti | pakvam | ye | īm | āhuḥ | surabhiḥ | niḥ | hara | iti | ye | ca | arvataḥ | māṃsa-bhikṣām | upa-āsate uto iti | teṣām | abhi-gūrtiḥ | naḥ | invatu
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.162.12 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“horse; bird; seven; hero; achiever; aphrodisiac.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“heated; pakva; ripe; cooked; festering; baked; developed; doomed; digested; pakva [word]; suppurative; gray; fruiting; done.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[adverb]
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“describe; state; say; enumerate; call; name; teach; tell; deem; explain; say; define.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“fragrant; perfumed; surabhi [word].”
[adverb]
“niḥ; away; out; without.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“cure; remove; kidnap; rob; take away; get; destroy; take; extract; collect; seize; clean; offer; drain; pick; take out; bring; accept; sever; produce; conquer; steal; deprive; press out.”
[adverb]
“thus; so; iti [word].”
[noun], nominative, dual, neuter
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[adverb]
“and; besides; then; now; even.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“horse.”
[noun], neuter
“meat; flesh; pulp; māṃsa [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“alms; bhikṣā [word]; beggary; food.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“worship; attend; serve; get; approach; obtain; perform; expect.”
[adverb]
“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”
[adverb]
“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
[noun], accusative, plural
“I; mine.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“bring; drive.”