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 1.181.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्र वां॑ निचे॒रुः क॑कु॒हो वशाँ॒ अनु॑ पि॒शङ्ग॑रूप॒: सद॑नानि गम्याः । हरी॑ अ॒न्यस्य॑ पी॒पय॑न्त॒ वाजै॑र्म॒थ्रा रजां॑स्यश्विना॒ वि घोषै॑: ॥
प्र वां निचेरुः ककुहो वशाँ अनु पिशङ्गरूपः सदनानि गम्याः । हरी अन्यस्य पीपयन्त वाजैर्मथ्रा रजांस्यश्विना वि घोषैः ॥
pra vāṃ niceruḥ kakuho vaśām̐ anu piśaṅgarūpaḥ sadanāni gamyāḥ | harī anyasya pīpayanta vājair mathrā rajāṃsy aśvinā vi ghoṣaiḥ ||
English translation:
“Aśvins, may the golden-coloured (car of one of you), traversing at will the quarters of space, come to our dwellings; may mankind encourage the horses of the other by food, by friction, and by shouts.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Traversing at will: niceruḥ kakuho vaśām anu: kakuha is an epithet of ratha, signifying best, śreṣṭha; it may also mean the points of the horizon
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): agastyo maitrāvaruṇiḥ [agastya maitrāvaruṇi];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): aśvinau ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
प्र । वा॒म् । नि॒ऽचे॒रुः । क॒कु॒हः । वशा॑न् । अनु॑ । पि॒शङ्ग॑ऽरूपः । सद॑नानि । ग॒म्याः॒ । हरी॑ । अ॒न्यस्य॑ । पी॒पय॑न्त । वाजैः॑ । म॒थ्ना । रजां॑सि । अ॒श्वि॒ना॒ । वि । घोषैः॑ ॥
प्र । वाम् । निचेरुः । ककुहः । वशान् । अनु । पिशङ्गरूपः । सदनानि । गम्याः । हरी । अन्यस्य । पीपयन्त । वाजैः । मथ्ना । रजांसि । अश्विना । वि । घोषैः ॥
pra | vām | ni-ceruḥ | kakuhaḥ | vaśān | anu | piśaṅga-rūpaḥ | sadanāni | gamyāḥ | harī | anyasya | pīpayanta | vājaiḥ | mathnāa | rajāṃsi | aśvinā | vi | ghoṣaiḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 1.181.5 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; ahead.”
[noun], genitive, dual
“you.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“huge; eminent; distinguished.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“control; dominion; influence; power; Vaśa; vaśa [word]; will; authority; control; wish; supervision.”
[adverb]
“subsequently; behind; along; towards; because.”
[noun]
“tawny; red; brown.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“form; appearance; beauty; look; shape; shape; symptom; feature; nature; guise; rūpa [word]; one; appearance; likeness; color; kind; vowel; type; disguise; aspect; form; derivative; omen; vision.”
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“seat; weakness; inertness; dwelling; exhaustion; numbness; home; residence; seat; inanition; location.”
[verb], singular, Prekativ
“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, dual, masculine
“Vishnu; monkey; Krishna; horse; lion; Indra; Hari; Surya; Hari; haritāla; Hari; snake; frog.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“other; another(a); remaining; different; anya [word]; other than; more(a); fresh; any(a).”
[verb], plural, Perfect conjunctive (subj.)
“swell; abound; swell.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“prize; Vāja; reward; reward; Ribhus; vigor; strength; contest.”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
[noun], accusative, plural, neuter
“powder; menorrhea; dust; Rajas; atmosphere; rajas; pollen; passion; rajas [word]; sindūra; rust; tin; impurity; dark; sky.”
[noun], vocative, dual, masculine
“Asvins; two.”
[adverb]
“apart; away; away.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“sound; noise; cry; voice; ghoṣa [word]; station; Ghoṣa; post; twang.”