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 6.28.8
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उपे॒दमु॑प॒पर्च॑नमा॒सु गोषूप॑ पृच्यताम् । उप॑ ऋष॒भस्य॒ रेत॒स्युपे॑न्द्र॒ तव॑ वी॒र्ये॑ ॥
उपेदमुपपर्चनमासु गोषूप पृच्यताम् । उप ऋषभस्य रेतस्युपेन्द्र तव वीर्ये ॥
upedam upaparcanam āsu goṣūpa pṛcyatām | upa ṛṣabhasya retasy upendra tava vīrye ||
English translation:
“Let the nourishment of the cows be solicited, let the vigour of the bull (be requested), Indra, for your invigoration.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
I.e. the milk and butter which are required for Indra's nutriment are dependent upon the cows bearing calves
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): bharadvājo bārhaspatyaḥ [bharadvāja bārhaspatya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): gāva indro vā ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdanuṣṭup;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
उप॑ । इ॒दम् । उ॒प॒ऽपर्च॑नम् । आ॒सु । गोषु॑ । उप॑ । पृ॒च्य॒ता॒म् । उप॑ । ऋ॒ष॒भस्य॑ । रेत॑सि । उप॑ । इ॒न्द्र॒ । तव॑ । वी॒र्ये॑ ॥
उप । इदम् । उपपर्चनम् । आसु । गोषु । उप । पृच्यताम् । उप । ऋषभस्य । रेतसि । उप । इन्द्र । तव । वीर्ये ॥
upa | idam | upa-parcanam | āsu | goṣu | upa | pṛcyatām | upa | ṛṣabhasya | retasi | upa | indra | tava | vīrye
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 6.28.8 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; on; next.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
[noun], locative, plural, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], locative, plural, feminine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[adverb]
“towards; on; next.”
[verb], singular, Imperativ Pr￤s. Passiv
“mix; unite.”
[adverb]
“towards; on; next.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“best; leader; bull; Ṛṣabha; ṛṣabha; ṛṣabha; Ṛṣabha; ṛṣabha [word]; hero; bull.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“semen; sperm.”
[adverb]
“towards; on; next.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“potency; vīrya; heroism; potency; strength; semen; power; deed; active agent; efficacy; vīryapāramitā; gold; vigor; vīrya [word]; virility; manfulness; jewel; force.”