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 4.32.23

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

क॒नी॒न॒केव॑ विद्र॒धे नवे॑ द्रुप॒दे अ॑र्भ॒के । ब॒भ्रू यामे॑षु शोभेते ॥
कनीनकेव विद्रधे नवे द्रुपदे अर्भके । बभ्रू यामेषु शोभेते ॥
kanīnakeva vidradhe nave drupade arbhake | babhrū yāmeṣu śobhete ||

English translation:

“Like two puppets on an arranged, new and slender stage, your two brown (steeds) are brilliant at sacrifices.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Kanīnakeva vidradhe nave drupade arbhake: nave = new;

Arbhake = small;

Kanīnake = śalabhañjike, dolls or puppets;

Vidradhe = vyodhe, arrayed, or arranged;

Drupade = drunmākhyasthāne sthite, standing on a plural ce fixed, termed either a tree or from a tree, a plural nk or plural tform used as a stage to exhibit puppets;

Sūkta = ṛbhus

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

क॒नी॒न॒काऽइ॑व । वि॒द्र॒धे । नवे॑ । द्रु॒ऽप॒दे । अ॒र्भ॒के । ब॒भ्रू इति॑ । यामे॑षु । शो॒भे॒ते॒ इति॑ ॥
कनीनकाइव । विद्रधे । नवे । द्रुपदे । अर्भके । बभ्रू इति । यामेषु । शोभेते इति ॥
kanīnakāiva | vidradhe | nave | dru-pade | arbhake | babhrū iti | yāmeṣu | śobheteiti

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 4.32.23 English analysis of grammar]

kanīnakeva < kanīnakā

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

kanīnakeva < iva

[adverb]

“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”

vidradhe < vidradha

[noun], nominative, dual, feminine

nave < nava

[noun], nominative, dual, feminine

“new; fresh; young; matutinal; recent; nava [word]; modern; fresh.”

drupade < drupada

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

arbhake < arbhaka

[noun], nominative, dual, feminine

“humble; weak.”

babhrū < babhru

[noun], nominative, dual, masculine

“tawny; brown.”

yāmeṣu < yāma

[noun], locative, plural, masculine

“prahara; watch; travel; path.”

śobhete < śubh

[verb], dual, Present indikative

“look; shine; beautify.”

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