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 6.75.7
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ती॒व्रान्घोषा॑न्कृण्वते॒ वृष॑पाण॒योऽश्वा॒ रथे॑भिः स॒ह वा॒जय॑न्तः । अ॒व॒क्राम॑न्त॒: प्रप॑दैर॒मित्रा॑न्क्षि॒णन्ति॒ शत्रूँ॒रन॑पव्ययन्तः ॥
तीव्रान्घोषान्कृण्वते वृषपाणयोऽश्वा रथेभिः सह वाजयन्तः । अवक्रामन्तः प्रपदैरमित्रान्क्षिणन्ति शत्रूँरनपव्ययन्तः ॥
tīvrān ghoṣān kṛṇvate vṛṣapāṇayo 'śvā rathebhiḥ saha vājayantaḥ | avakrāmantaḥ prapadair amitrān kṣiṇanti śatrūm̐r anapavyayantaḥ ||
English translation:
“The horses raising the dust with their hoofs, rushing on with the chariots, utter loud neighings, retreating not (from the charge), but trampling with their fore feet upon the enemies, they destroy them.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
The horses raising: vṛṣapāṇayo aśvaḥ = pāṃsunām varṣakakhura, with hoofs the showerers of dust;
Aśvavāra = riders: vṛṣab aśvāḥ haste yeṣām te aśvavāraḥ; this is the nominative native of kṛṇvate ghoṣān, calling out, jaya, jaya; āśeva, the horses make a noise; heṣādi śabdān, neighing, and the like
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): pāyurbhāradvājaḥ [pāyurbhāradvāja];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): aśvāḥ ;
Chandas (meter): triṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
ती॒व्रान् । घोषा॑न् । कृ॒ण्व॒ते॒ । वृष॑ऽपाण॒यः । अश्वाः॑ । रथे॑भिः । स॒ह । वा॒जय॑न्तः । अ॒व॒ऽक्राम॑न्तः । प्रऽप॑दैः । अ॒मित्रा॑न् । क्षि॒णन्ति॑ । शत्रू॑न् । अन॑पऽव्ययन्तः ॥
तीव्रान् । घोषान् । कृण्वते । वृषपाणयः । अश्वाः । रथेभिः । सह । वाजयन्तः । अवक्रामन्तः । प्रपदैः । अमित्रान् । क्षिणन्ति । शत्रून् । अनपव्ययन्तः ॥
tīvrān | ghoṣān | kṛṇvate | vṛṣa-pāṇayaḥ | aśvāḥ | rathebhiḥ | saha | vājayantaḥ | ava-krāmantaḥ | pra-padaiḥ | amitrān | kṣiṇanti | śatrūn | anapa-vyayantaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 6.75.7 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“intense; severe; pungent; acute; potent; loud.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“sound; noise; cry; voice; ghoṣa [word]; station; Ghoṣa; post; twang.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”
[noun]
“bullocky; potent; powerful; strong; manly; aroused; potent; much(a); male; large.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“hand; hoof; pāṇi [word].”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine
“chariot; warrior; ratha [word]; Dalbergia oojeinensis; rattan.”
[adverb]
“together; together; with; jointly; together; saha [word]; along.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“incite.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural
“step.”
[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter
“tiptoe.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“enemy; foe.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“decrease; emaciate; vanish; kill; wane; destroy; run down; elapse; lose; lose; gasify; decline; decay; corrupt.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“enemy; foe; enemy; Asura.”
[adverb]
“not.”
[verb noun], nominative, plural