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 4.15.7

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

बोध॒द्यन्मा॒ हरि॑भ्यां कुमा॒रः सा॑हदे॒व्यः । अच्छा॒ न हू॒त उद॑रम् ॥
बोधद्यन्मा हरिभ्यां कुमारः साहदेव्यः । अच्छा न हूत उदरम् ॥
bodhad yan mā haribhyāṃ kumāraḥ sāhadevyaḥ | acchā na hūta ud aram ||

English translation:

“When the prince, the son of Sahadeva, promised (to present) me with two horses, I withdrew not when called before him.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

I withdrew not: acchā na hūta udaram = ābhimukhena kumāreṇa hūta san tāvaśvāvalabdī vā na nirgatavān asmi, being called by the present prince, I did not go forth without receiving the two horses

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vāmadevo gautamaḥ [vāmadeva gautama];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): somakaḥ sāhadevyaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

बोध॑त् । यत् । मा॒ । हरि॑ऽभ्याम् । कु॒मा॒रः । सा॒ह॒ऽदे॒व्यः । अच्छ॑ । न । हू॒तः । उत् । अ॒र॒म् ॥
बोधत् । यत् । मा । हरिभ्याम् । कुमारः । साहदेव्यः । अच्छ । न । हूतः । उत् । अरम् ॥
bodhat | yat | mā | hari-bhyām | kumāraḥ | sāha-devyaḥ | accha | na | hūtaḥ | ut | aram

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 4.15.7 English analysis of grammar]

bodhad < bodhat < budh

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“understand; notice; wake up; observe; detect; attend to; awaken; attend.”

yan < yat

[adverb]

“once [when]; because; that; if; how.”

< mad

[noun], accusative, singular

“I; mine.”

haribhyāṃ < haribhyām < hari

[noun], instrumental, dual, masculine

“Vishnu; monkey; Krishna; horse; lion; Indra; Hari; Surya; Hari; haritāla; Hari; snake; frog.”

kumāraḥ < kumāra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“prince; male child; child; Skanda; son; kumārabandha; kumāra [word]; young person.”

sāhadevyaḥ < sāhadevya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

acchā

[adverb]

“towards; accha [prefix].”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

hūta < hūtaḥ < hvā

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“raise; call on; call; summon.”

ud

[adverb]

“up.”

aram < ṛch

[verb], singular, Aorist inj. (proh.)

“enter (a state); travel; shoot; send; hit; originate; get; raise; begin; harm.”

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