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 6.45.28
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इ॒मा उ॑ त्वा सु॒तेसु॑ते॒ नक्ष॑न्ते गिर्वणो॒ गिर॑: । व॒त्सं गावो॒ न धे॒नव॑: ॥
इमा उ त्वा सुतेसुते नक्षन्ते गिर्वणो गिरः । वत्सं गावो न धेनवः ॥
imā u tvā sute-sute nakṣante girvaṇo giraḥ | vatsaṃ gāvo na dhenavaḥ ||
English translation:
“These our praises tend, as the libationsa are repeatedly poured out, eagerly to you who are gratified by praise, as the milch kine (hasten) to their calves.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śaṃyurbārhaspatyaḥ [śaṃyurbārhaspatya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
इ॒माः । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । त्वा॒ । सु॒तेऽसु॑ते । नक्ष॑न्ते । गि॒र्व॒णः॒ । गिरः॑ । व॒त्सम् । गावः॑ । न । धे॒नवः॑ ॥
इमाः । ऊँ इति । त्वा । सुतेसुते । नक्षन्ते । गिर्वणः । गिरः । वत्सम् । गावः । न । धेनवः ॥
imāḥ | oṃ iti | tvā | sute--sute | nakṣante | girvaṇaḥ | giraḥ | vatsam | gāvaḥ | na | dhenavaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 6.45.28 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[adverb]
“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“Soma.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“Soma.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“reach; approach.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“hymn; praise; voice; words; invocation; command; statement; cry; language.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“calf; child; Vatsa; vatsa [word]; juvenile; Vatsa; Vatsa; Vatsa; son; male child.”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], nominative, plural, feminine
“cow; dhenu [word]; milk.”