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 4.15.8

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उ॒त त्या य॑ज॒ता हरी॑ कुमा॒रात्सा॑हदे॒व्यात् । प्रय॑ता स॒द्य आ द॑दे ॥
उत त्या यजता हरी कुमारात्साहदेव्यात् । प्रयता सद्य आ ददे ॥
uta tyā yajatā harī kumārāt sāhadevyāt | prayatā sadya ā dade ||

English translation:

“But immediately accepted those two excellent and well-trained horses from the prince, the son of Sahadeva.”

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]:

उ॒त । त्या । य॒ज॒ता । हरी॒ इति॑ । कु॒मा॒रात् । सा॒ह॒दे॒व्यात् । प्रऽय॑ता । स॒द्यः । आ । द॒दे॒ ॥
उत । त्या । यजता । हरी इति । कुमारात् । साहदेव्यात् । प्रयता । सद्यः । आ । ददे ॥
uta | tyā | yajatā | harī iti | kumārāt | sāhadevyāt | pra-yatā | sadyaḥ | ā | dade

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 4.15.8 English analysis of grammar]

uta

[adverb]

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

tyā < tya

[noun], accusative, dual, masculine

“that.”

yajatā < yajata

[noun], accusative, dual, masculine

“holy; august; sacrificial.”

harī < hari

[noun], accusative, dual, masculine

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

kumārāt < kumāra

[noun], ablative, singular, masculine

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

sāhadevyāt < sāhadevya

[noun], ablative, singular, masculine

prayatā < prayam < √yam

[verb noun], accusative, dual

“give; emit; send; transmit.”

sadya < sadyas

[adverb]

“immediately; just; daily; sadyas [word].”

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

dade <

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“give; add; perform; put; administer; fill into; give; ignite; put on; offer; use; fuel; pour; grant; feed; teach; construct; insert; drip; wrap; pay; hand over; lend; inflict; concentrate; sacrifice; splint; poultice; create.”

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