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 4.31.14

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒स्माकं॑ धृष्णु॒या रथो॑ द्यु॒माँ इ॒न्द्रान॑पच्युतः । ग॒व्युर॑श्व॒युरी॑यते ॥
अस्माकं धृष्णुया रथो द्युमाँ इन्द्रानपच्युतः । गव्युरश्वयुरीयते ॥
asmākaṃ dhṛṣṇuyā ratho dyumām̐ indrānapacyutaḥ | gavyur aśvayur īyate ||

English translation:

“May our chariot, Indra, foe-repelling, brilliant unfailing, proceed (everywhere), possessing us of cattle and of horses.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒स्माक॑म् । धृ॒ष्णु॒ऽया । रथः॑ । द्यु॒ऽमान् । इ॒न्द्र॒ । अन॑पऽच्युतः । ग॒व्युः । अ॒श्व॒युः । ई॒य॒ते॒ ॥
अस्माकम् । धृष्णुया । रथः । द्युमान् । इन्द्र । अनपच्युतः । गव्युः । अश्वयुः । ईयते ॥
asmākam | dhṛṣṇu-yā | rathaḥ | dyu-mān | indra | anapa-cyutaḥ | gavyuḥ | aśvayuḥ | īyate

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 4.31.14 English analysis of grammar]

asmākaṃ < asmākam < mad

[noun], genitive, plural

“I; mine.”

dhṛṣṇuyā

[adverb]

“boldly.”

ratho < rathaḥ < ratha

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“chariot; warrior; ratha [word]; Dalbergia oojeinensis; rattan.”

dyumāṃ < dyumat

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“bright; brilliant; brilliant; loud.”

indrānapacyutaḥ < indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”

indrānapacyutaḥ < an

[adverb]

“not.”

indrānapacyutaḥ < apacyutaḥ < apacyu < √cyu

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“abscond.”

gavyur < gavyuḥ < gavyu

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

aśvayur < aśvayuḥ < aśvayu

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

īyate < i

[verb], singular, Indikativ Pr¦s. Passiv

“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”

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