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 8.1.25
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
आ त्वा॒ रथे॑ हिर॒ण्यये॒ हरी॑ म॒यूर॑शेप्या । शि॒ति॒पृ॒ष्ठा व॑हतां॒ मध्वो॒ अन्ध॑सो वि॒वक्ष॑णस्य पी॒तये॑ ॥
आ त्वा रथे हिरण्यये हरी मयूरशेप्या । शितिपृष्ठा वहतां मध्वो अन्धसो विवक्षणस्य पीतये ॥
ā tvā rathe hiraṇyaye harī mayūraśepyā | śitipṛṣṭhā vahatām madhvo andhaso vivakṣaṇasya pītaye ||
English translation:
“May your two peacock-tailed, white-backed horses, yoked to your golden chariot, bring you to drink ofthe sweet praiseworthy libation.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): medhātithimedhyātithī kāṇvau;Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdbṛhatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
आ । त्वा॒ । रथे॑ । हि॒र॒ण्यये॑ । हरी॒ इति॑ । म॒यूर॑ऽशेप्या । शि॒ति॒ऽपृ॒ष्ठा । व॒ह॒ता॒म् । मध्वः॑ । अन्ध॑सः । वि॒वक्ष॑णस्य । पी॒तये॑ ॥
आ । त्वा । रथे । हिरण्यये । हरी इति । मयूरशेप्या । शितिपृष्ठा । वहताम् । मध्वः । अन्धसः । विवक्षणस्य । पीतये ॥
ā | tvā | rathe | hiraṇyaye | harī iti | mayūra-śepyā | śiti-pṛṣṭhā | vahatām | madhvaḥ | andhasaḥ | vivakṣaṇasya | pītaye
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.1.25 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“chariot; warrior; ratha [word]; Dalbergia oojeinensis; rattan.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“gold; aureate; hiraṇyaya [word].”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“Vishnu; monkey; Krishna; horse; lion; Indra; Hari; Surya; Hari; haritāla; Hari; snake; frog.”
[noun], masculine
“peacock; Achyranthes aspera Linn.; mayūra; Mayūra.”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
[noun]
“white; śiti [word]; black.”
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“back; top; top; surface; shell; peak; Pṛṣṭha; flat roof; pṛṣṭha [word]; back; roof.”
[verb], dual, Present imperative
“transport; bring; marry; run; drive; vāhay; drive; run; pull; nirvāpay; blow; transport; discharge; assume; remove.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“honey; alcohol; sweet; nectar; madhu [word].”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
“Soma; drink; amṛta.”
[noun], genitive, singular, neuter
[verb noun]
“drink; gulp; soak; drink; suck; inhale.”