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 5.61.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ज॒घने॒ चोद॑ एषां॒ वि स॒क्थानि॒ नरो॑ यमुः । पु॒त्र॒कृ॒थे न जन॑यः ॥
जघने चोद एषां वि सक्थानि नरो यमुः । पुत्रकृथे न जनयः ॥
jaghane coda eṣāṃ vi sakthāni naro yamuḥ | putrakṛthe na janayaḥ ||

English translation:

“The goad is (applied) to their flanks; the drivers force them to spread their thighs apart, like women in bringing forth children.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śyāvāśva ātreyaḥ [śyāvāśva ātreya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): marūtaḥ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ज॒घने॑ । चोदः॑ । ए॒षा॒म् । वि । स॒क्थानि॑ । नरः॑ । य॒मुः॒ । पु॒त्र॒ऽकृ॒थे । न । जन॑यः ॥
जघने । चोदः । एषाम् । वि । सक्थानि । नरः । यमुः । पुत्रकृथे । न । जनयः ॥
jaghane | codaḥ | eṣām | vi | sakthāni | naraḥ | yamuḥ | putra-kṛthe | na | janayaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 5.61.3 English analysis of grammar]

jaghane < jaghana

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“hip; buttock; buttocks; vulva; vagina.”

coda < codaḥ < coda

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

eṣāṃ < eṣām < idam

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

vi

[adverb]

“apart; away; away.”

sakthāni < saktha

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“saktha [word].”

naro < naraḥ < nṛ

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”

yamuḥ < yam

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

“concentrate; grant; restrain; cause; control; offer; cover; raise.”

putrakṛthe < putrakṛtha

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“reproduction.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

janayaḥ < jani

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“wife; jan; woman; jani [word]; birth.”

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