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 8.1.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
म॒हे च॒न त्वाम॑द्रिव॒: परा॑ शु॒ल्काय॑ देयाम् । न स॒हस्रा॑य॒ नायुता॑य वज्रिवो॒ न श॒ताय॑ शतामघ ॥
महे चन त्वामद्रिवः परा शुल्काय देयाम् । न सहस्राय नायुताय वज्रिवो न शताय शतामघ ॥
mahe cana tvām adrivaḥ parā śulkāya deyām | na sahasrāya nāyutāya vajrivo na śatāya śatāmagha ||
English translation:
“Wielder of the thunderbolt, I would not sell you for a large price, not for a thousand, nor for tenthousand, nor, opulent bearer of the thunderbolt, for a hundred.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
For a large price: śatāya = infinite
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): medhātithimedhyātithī kāṇvau;Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdbṛhatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
म॒हे । च॒न । त्वाम् । अ॒द्रि॒ऽवः॒ । परा॑ । शु॒ल्काय॑ । दे॒या॒म् । न । स॒हस्रा॑य । न । अ॒युता॑य । व॒ज्रि॒ऽवः॒ । न । श॒ताय॑ । श॒त॒ऽम॒घ॒ ॥
महे । चन । त्वाम् । अद्रिवः । परा । शुल्काय । देयाम् । न । सहस्राय । न । अयुताय । वज्रिवः । न । शताय । शतमघ ॥
mahe | cana | tvām | adri-vaḥ | parā | śulkāya | deyām | na | sahasrāya | na | ayutāya | vajri-vaḥ | na | śatāya | śata-magha
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.1.5 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], dative, singular, neuter
“great; great; distinguished; much(a); adult; long; high.”
[adverb]
“not even; cana [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“rocky; petrous.”
[adverb]
“away.”
[noun], dative, singular, neuter
“dowry; tax; money; customs; price; mucus.”
[verb], singular, Aorist optative
“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.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], dative, singular, neuter
“thousand; one-thousandth; sahasra [word].”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], dative, singular, neuter
“ayuta.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], dative, singular, neuter
“hundred; one-hundredth; śata [word].”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine