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 6.45.26

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

दू॒णाशं॑ स॒ख्यं तव॒ गौर॑सि वीर गव्य॒ते । अश्वो॑ अश्वाय॒ते भ॑व ॥
दूणाशं सख्यं तव गौरसि वीर गव्यते । अश्वो अश्वायते भव ॥
dūṇāśaṃ sakhyaṃ tava gaur asi vīra gavyate | aśvo aśvāyate bhava ||

English translation:

“Your friendship, Indra, is not easily lost; you, hero are (the giver of) cattle to him who desires cattle (of) horses him who desires horses.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śaṃyurbārhaspatyaḥ [śaṃyurbārhaspatya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

दुः॒ऽनश॑म् । स॒ख्यम् । तव॑ । गौः । अ॒सि॒ । वी॒र॒ । ग॒व्य॒ते । अश्वः॑ । अ॒श्व॒ऽय॒ते । भ॒व॒ ॥
दुःनशम् । सख्यम् । तव । गौः । असि । वीर । गव्यते । अश्वः । अश्वयते । भव ॥
duḥ-naśam | sakhyam | tava | gauḥ | asi | vīra | gavyate | aśvaḥ | aśva-yate | bhava

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 6.45.26 English analysis of grammar]

dūṇāśaṃ < dūṇāśam < dūṇāśa

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“rare.”

sakhyaṃ < sakhyam < sakhya

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“friendship; aid; company.”

tava < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

gaur < gauḥ < go

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”

asi < as

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”

vīra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“hero; man; Vīra; vīra; vīra [word]; Vīra.”

gavyate < gavyat

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

aśvo < aśvaḥ < aśva

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”

aśvāyate < aśvāyat

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

bhava < bhū

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”

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