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 7.18.22
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
द्वे नप्तु॑र्दे॒वव॑तः श॒ते गोर्द्वा रथा॑ व॒धूम॑न्ता सु॒दास॑: । अर्ह॑न्नग्ने पैजव॒नस्य॒ दानं॒ होते॑व॒ सद्म॒ पर्ये॑मि॒ रेभ॑न् ॥
द्वे नप्तुर्देववतः शते गोर्द्वा रथा वधूमन्ता सुदासः । अर्हन्नग्ने पैजवनस्य दानं होतेव सद्म पर्येमि रेभन् ॥
dve naptur devavataḥ śate gor dvā rathā vadhūmantā sudāsaḥ | arhann agne paijavanasya dānaṃ hoteva sadma pary emi rebhan ||
English translation:
“Praising the liberality of Sudāsa, the grandson of Devavat, the son of Paijavana, the donor of twohundred cows, and of two chariots with two wives, I, worthy (of the gift), circumambulate you, Agni, like theministrant priest in the chamber (of sacrifice).”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): bhurikpaṅkti ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
द्वे इति॑ । नप्तुः॑ । दे॒वऽव॑तः । श॒ते इति॑ । गोः । द्वा । रथा॑ । व॒धूऽम॑न्ता । सु॒ऽदासः॑ । अर्ह॑न् । अ॒ग्ने॒ । पै॒ज॒ऽव॒नस्य॑ । दान॑म् । होता॑ऽइव । सद्म॑ । परि॑ । ए॒भि॒ । रेभ॑न् ॥
द्वे इति । नप्तुः । देववतः । शते इति । गोः । द्वा । रथा । वधूमन्ता । सुदासः । अर्हन् । अग्ने । पैजवनस्य । दानम् । होताइव । सद्म । परि । एभि । रेभन् ॥
dve iti | naptuḥ | deva-vataḥ | śate iti | goḥ | dvā | rathā | vadhū-mantā | su-dāsaḥ | arhan | agne | paija-vanasya | dānam | hotāiva | sadma | pari | ebhi | rebhan
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.18.22 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, dual, neuter
“two; dvi [word]; second.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“grandson; nephew; naptṛ [word].”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Devavant.”
[noun], accusative, dual, neuter
“hundred; one-hundredth; śata [word].”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
“two; dvi [word]; second.”
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
“chariot; warrior; ratha [word]; Dalbergia oojeinensis; rattan.”
[noun], accusative, dual, masculine
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Sudās.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“should; may; rate; can; can; equal; necessitate.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“fire; Agni; sacrificial fire; digestion; cautery; Plumbago zeylanica; fire; vahni; agni [word]; agnikarman; gold; three; jāraṇa; pyre; fireplace; heating.”
[noun], genitive, singular, masculine
“Sudās.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“giving; gift; bribery; performance; addition; yajña; fueling; teaching.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Hotṛ.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“seat; house; stable; dwelling.”
[adverb]
“from; about; around.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“moo; murmur; praise.”