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 4.49.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒स्मे इ॑न्द्राबृहस्पती र॒यिं ध॑त्तं शत॒ग्विन॑म् । अश्वा॑वन्तं सह॒स्रिण॑म् ॥
अस्मे इन्द्राबृहस्पती रयिं धत्तं शतग्विनम् । अश्वावन्तं सहस्रिणम् ॥
asme indrābṛhaspatī rayiṃ dhattaṃ śatagvinam | aśvāvantaṃ sahasriṇam ||

English translation:

“Grant to us, Indra and Bṛhaspati riches comprising a hundred (cattle), a thousand horses.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अ॒स्मे इति॑ । इ॒न्द्रा॒बृ॒ह॒स्प॒ती॒ इति॑ । र॒यिम् । ध॒त्त॒म् । श॒त॒ऽग्विन॑म् । अश्व॑ऽवन्तम् । स॒ह॒स्रिण॑म् ॥
अस्मे इति । इन्द्राबृहस्पती इति । रयिम् । धत्तम् । शतग्विनम् । अश्ववन्तम् । सहस्रिणम् ॥
asme iti | indrābṛhaspatī iti | rayim | dhattam | śata-gvinam | aśva-vantam | sahasriṇam

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 4.49.4 English analysis of grammar]

asme < mad

[noun], dative, plural

“I; mine.”

indrābṛhaspatī < indrābṛhaspati

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

“Indra; Brihaspati.”

rayiṃ < rayim < rayi

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“wealth; property.”

dhattaṃ < dhattam < dhā

[verb], dual, Present imperative

“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”

śatagvinam < śatagvin

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

aśvāvantaṃ < aśvāvantam < aśvāvat

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“rich in horses.”

sahasriṇam < sahasrin

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“thousandfold.”

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