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 7.103.6

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

गोमा॑यु॒रेको॑ अ॒जमा॑यु॒रेक॒: पृश्नि॒रेको॒ हरि॑त॒ एक॑ एषाम् । स॒मा॒नं नाम॒ बिभ्र॑तो॒ विरू॑पाः पुरु॒त्रा वाचं॑ पिपिशु॒र्वद॑न्तः ॥
गोमायुरेको अजमायुरेकः पृश्निरेको हरित एक एषाम् । समानं नाम बिभ्रतो विरूपाः पुरुत्रा वाचं पिपिशुर्वदन्तः ॥
gomāyur eko ajamāyur ekaḥ pṛśnir eko harita eka eṣām | samānaṃ nāma bibhrato virūpāḥ purutrā vācam pipiśur vadantaḥ ||

English translation:

“One frog has the bellowing of a cow, another the bleating of a goat; one of them is speckled, one isgreen; designated by a common appellation, they are of various colours and croaking, show themselves innumerous plural ces.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vasiṣṭhaḥ [vasiṣṭha];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): maṇḍūkāḥ ;
Chandas (meter): ārṣītriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

गोऽमा॑युः । एकः॑ । अ॒जऽमा॑युः । एकः॑ । पृश्निः॑ । एकः॑ । हरि॑तः । एकः॑ । ए॒षा॒म् । स॒मा॒नम् । नाम॑ । बिभ्र॑तः । विऽरू॑पाः । पु॒रु॒ऽत्र । वाच॑म् । पि॒पि॒शुः॒ । वद॑न्तः ॥
गोमायुः । एकः । अजमायुः । एकः । पृश्निः । एकः । हरितः । एकः । एषाम् । समानम् । नाम । बिभ्रतः । विरूपाः । पुरुत्र । वाचम् । पिपिशुः । वदन्तः ॥
go--māyuḥ | ekaḥ | aja-māyuḥ | ekaḥ | pṛśniḥ | ekaḥ | haritaḥ | ekaḥ | eṣām | samānam | nāma | bibhrataḥ | vi-rūpāḥ | puru-tra | vācam | pipiśuḥ | vadantaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 7.103.6 English analysis of grammar]

gomāyur < go

[noun], masculine

“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”

gomāyur < māyuḥ < māyu

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“moo; boom.”

eko < ekaḥ < eka

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“one; single(a); alone(p); some(a); single(a); eka [word]; alone(p); excellent; each(a); some(a); one; same; alone(p); some(a); consistent; any(a); undifferentiated; disjunct.”

ajamāyur < aja

[noun], masculine

“goat; Vishnu; Brahma; Shiva; Aja; aja [word]; Aja; aj; Ocimum gratissimum; Puruṣa.”

ajamāyur < māyuḥ < māyu

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“moo; boom.”

ekaḥ < eka

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“one; single(a); alone(p); some(a); single(a); eka [word]; alone(p); excellent; each(a); some(a); one; same; alone(p); some(a); consistent; any(a); undifferentiated; disjunct.”

pṛśnir < pṛśniḥ < pṛśni

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“varicolored; dappled.”

eko < ekaḥ < eka

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“one; single(a); alone(p); some(a); single(a); eka [word]; alone(p); excellent; each(a); some(a); one; same; alone(p); some(a); consistent; any(a); undifferentiated; disjunct.”

harita < haritaḥ < harita

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“green; yellow; fresh; harita [word]; green.”

eka < ekaḥ < eka

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“one; single(a); alone(p); some(a); single(a); eka [word]; alone(p); excellent; each(a); some(a); one; same; alone(p); some(a); consistent; any(a); undifferentiated; disjunct.”

eṣām < idam

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

samānaṃ < samānam < samāna

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“like; identical; common; like; alike(p); same; samāna [word]; akin(p); comparable; identical; mutual; equal.”

nāma < nāman

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“name; appellation; nāman [word]; nāmakaraṇa; surname; noun; word.”

bibhrato < bibhrataḥ < bhṛ

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“bring; hold; fill; support; wear; possess; carry; nourish; keep; hire; have; satiate; follow; bear.”

virūpāḥ < virūpa

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“ugly; maimed; grotesque.”

purutrā

[adverb]

“distributively.”

vācam < vāc

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“speech; statement; voice; voice; speech; language; vāc [word]; word; literary composition; conversation; sound; Sarasvati; cry; assurance; spell.”

pipiśur < pipiśuḥ < piś

[verb], plural, Perfect indicative

“decorate.”

vadantaḥ < vad

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“describe; teach; speak; tell; say; call; name; enumerate; declare; diagnose; address; say; pronounce; express; instruct; order.”

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