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 6.47.24
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
दश॒ रथा॒न्प्रष्टि॑मतः श॒तं गा अथ॑र्वभ्यः । अ॒श्व॒थः पा॒यवे॑ऽदात् ॥
दश रथान्प्रष्टिमतः शतं गा अथर्वभ्यः । अश्वथः पायवेऽदात् ॥
daśa rathān praṣṭimataḥ śataṃ gā atharvabhyaḥ | aśvathaḥ pāyave 'dāt ||
English translation:
“Aśvattha has given to Pāyu ten chariots with their horses, and a hundred cows to the priests.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
To the priests: atharvabhyaḥ = ṛṣis of the atharvagotra; pāyu is the brother of Garga;
Aśvattha = Prastoka
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gargaḥ [garga];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): prastokasya sārñjayasya dānastutiḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
दश॑ । रथा॑न् । प्रष्टि॑ऽमतः । श॒तम् । गाः । अथ॑र्वऽभ्यः । अ॒श्व॒थः । पा॒यवे॑ । अ॒दा॒त् ॥
दश । रथान् । प्रष्टिमतः । शतम् । गाः । अथर्वभ्यः । अश्वथः । पायवे । अदात् ॥
daśa | rathān | praṣṭi-mataḥ | śatam | gāḥ | atharva-bhyaḥ | aśvathaḥ | pāyave | adāt
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 6.47.24 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“ten; tenth; daśan [word].”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“chariot; warrior; ratha [word]; Dalbergia oojeinensis; rattan.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“hundred; one-hundredth; śata [word].”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[noun], dative, plural, masculine
“Atharvan; Atharvavedin.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“guard; pāyu [word]; Pāyu.”
[verb], singular, Root aorist (Ind.)
“give; add; perform; put; administer; fill into; give; ignite; put on; offer; use; fuel; pour; grant; feed; teach; construct; insert; drip; wrap; pay; hand over; lend; inflict; concentrate; sacrifice; splint; poultice; create.”