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 1.186.7

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उ॒त न॑ ईं म॒तयोऽश्व॑योगा॒: शिशुं॒ न गाव॒स्तरु॑णं रिहन्ति । तमीं॒ गिरो॒ जन॑यो॒ न पत्नी॑: सुर॒भिष्ट॑मं न॒रां न॑सन्त ॥
उत न ईं मतयोऽश्वयोगाः शिशुं न गावस्तरुणं रिहन्ति । तमीं गिरो जनयो न पत्नीः सुरभिष्टमं नरां नसन्त ॥
uta na īm matayo 'śvayogāḥ śiśuṃ na gāvas taruṇaṃ rihanti | tam īṃ giro janayo na patnīḥ surabhiṣṭamaṃ narāṃ nasanta ||

English translation:

“For our minds, yoked together like horses tend to the ever youthful Indra, as cows to their calves; and the praises of men, (addressed) to him, are genitive rating most fragrant (fruit), as wives bear (children to their husbands).”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Most fragrant fruit: surabhiṣṭamam = atiśayena surabhim, exceedingly fragrant

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): agastyo maitrāvaruṇiḥ [agastya maitrāvaruṇi];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): viśvedevā:;
Chandas (meter): bhurikpaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उ॒त । नः॒ । ई॒म् । म॒तयः॑ । अश्व॑ऽयोगाः । शिशु॑म् । न । गावः॑ । तरु॑णम् । रि॒ह॒न्ति॒ । तम् । ई॒म् । गिरः॑ । जन॑यः । न । पत्नीः॑ । सु॒र॒भिःऽत॑मम् । न॒राम् । न॒स॒न्त॒ ॥
उत । नः । ईम् । मतयः । अश्वयोगाः । शिशुम् । न । गावः । तरुणम् । रिहन्ति । तम् । ईम् । गिरः । जनयः । न । पत्नीः । सुरभिःतमम् । नराम् । नसन्त ॥
uta | naḥ | īm | matayaḥ | aśva-yogāḥ | śiśum | na | gāvaḥ | taruṇam | rihanti | tam | īm | giraḥ | janayaḥ | na | patnīḥ | surabhiḥ-tamam | narām | nasanta

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 1.186.7 English analysis of grammar]

uta

[adverb]

“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”

na < naḥ < mad

[noun], genitive, plural

“I; mine.”

īm < īṃ

[adverb]

matayo < matayaḥ < mati

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“intelligence; decision; mind; hymn; purpose; idea; opinion; belief; desire; wish; conviction; plan; devotion.”

'śvayogāḥ < aśva

[noun], masculine

“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”

'śvayogāḥ < yogāḥ < yoga

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“method; application; yoga; remedy; mix; treatment; mixture; procedure; contact; use; yogin; connection; application; union; magic trick; formulation; fraud; relation; sense; connection; war; therapy; enterprise; addition; undertaking; performance; marriage; yoke; yoga [word]; art; combination; assortment; confluence; constellation; relationship; connection; agent; means.”

śiśuṃ < śiśum < śiśu

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“child; young; baby; śiśu [word]; Śiśu; male child; fetus.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

gāvas < gāvaḥ < go

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”

taruṇaṃ < taruṇam < taruṇa

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“matutinal; young; green; immature; tender; recent; fresh; tender.”

rihanti < rih

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“lick.”

tam < tad

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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

īṃ < īm < īṃ

[adverb]

giro < giraḥ < gir

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“hymn; praise; voice; words; invocation; command; statement; cry; language.”

janayo < janayaḥ < jani

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“wife; jan; woman; jani [word]; birth.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

patnīḥ < patnī

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“wife; mistress; queen.”

surabhiṣṭamaṃ < surabhiṣṭamam < surabhiṣṭama

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

narāṃ < narām < nṛ

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

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

nasanta < nas

[verb], plural, Present injunctive

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