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 7.32.16
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तवेदि॑न्द्राव॒मं वसु॒ त्वं पु॑ष्यसि मध्य॒मम् । स॒त्रा विश्व॑स्य पर॒मस्य॑ राजसि॒ नकि॑ष्ट्वा॒ गोषु॑ वृण्वते ॥
तवेदिन्द्रावमं वसु त्वं पुष्यसि मध्यमम् । सत्रा विश्वस्य परमस्य राजसि नकिष्ट्वा गोषु वृण्वते ॥
taved indrāvamaṃ vasu tvam puṣyasi madhyamam | satrā viśvasya paramasya rājasi nakiṣ ṭvā goṣu vṛṇvate ||
English translation:
“Yours, Indra, is the vast valuable wealth; you cherish the middling; you rule over all that which is themost precious; no one opposes you in (the recovering of the) cattle.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Na kis' tva goṣu vriṇvate = goṣu nimitteṣuke api tvām na vārayanti, none resist or oppose you on account of the cows
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdbṛhatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
तव॑ । इत् । इ॒न्द्र॒ । अ॒व॒मम् । वसु॑ । त्वम् । पु॒ष्य॒सि॒ । म॒ध्य॒मम् । स॒त्रा । विश्व॑स्य । प॒र॒मस्य॑ । रा॒ज॒सि॒ । नकिः॑ । त्वा॒ । गोषु॑ । वृ॒ण्व॒ते॒ ॥
तव । इत् । इन्द्र । अवमम् । वसु । त्वम् । पुष्यसि । मध्यमम् । सत्रा । विश्वस्य । परमस्य । राजसि । नकिः । त्वा । गोषु । वृण्वते ॥
tava | it | indra | avamam | vasu | tvam | puṣyasi | madhyamam | satrā | viśvasya | paramasya | rājasi | nakiḥ | tvā | goṣu | vṛṇvate
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 7.32.16 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“avama [word]; bottom; last.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“wealth; property; gold; vasu [word]; ruby; treasure; jewel.”
[noun], nominative, singular
“you.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“boom; grow; promote; foster.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“intermediate; middle; average; second; average; adult; central; moderate; mean; center(a).”
[adverb]
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“extreme; best; excellent; highest; highest; devoted(p); maximal; distant; parama [word]; very; farthermost.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“govern; shine; glitter; direct.”
[adverb]
“not.”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[noun], locative, plural, masculine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[verb], plural, Present indikative
“surround; accompany; cover; cover; obstruct; check; spread; envelop.”