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 2.41.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वायो॒ ये ते॑ सह॒स्रिणो॒ रथा॑स॒स्तेभि॒रा ग॑हि । नि॒युत्वा॒न्त्सोम॑पीतये ॥
वायो ये ते सहस्रिणो रथासस्तेभिरा गहि । नियुत्वान्त्सोमपीतये ॥
vāyo ye te sahasriṇo rathāsas tebhir ā gahi | niyutvān somapītaye ||
English translation:
“Vāyu, whose are a thousand chariots, and the Niyut steeds, come to drink the Soma.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Yajus. 27.32
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gṛtsamadaḥ śaunakaḥ [gṛtsamada śaunaka];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): vāyu:;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
वायो॒ इति॑ । ये । ते॒ । स॒ह॒स्रिणः॑ । रथा॑सः । तेभिः॑ । आ । ग॒हि॒ । नि॒युत्वा॑न् । सोम॑ऽपीतये ॥
वायो इति । ये । ते । सहस्रिणः । रथासः । तेभिः । आ । गहि । नियुत्वान् । सोमपीतये ॥
vāyo iti | ye | te | sahasriṇaḥ | rathāsaḥ | tebhiḥ | ā | gahi | niyutvān | soma-pītaye
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 2.41.1 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“wind; Vayu; vāta; prāṇa (coll.); air; air; fart; breath; northwest; draft; vāyu [word]; Vāyu; Marut.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“thousandfold.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“chariot; warrior; ratha [word]; Dalbergia oojeinensis; rattan.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[verb], singular, Aorist imperative
“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, masculine
[noun], masculine
“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”
[noun], dative, singular, feminine
“drinking; haritāla.”