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 8.1.32

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

य ऋ॒ज्रा मह्यं॑ माम॒हे स॒ह त्व॒चा हि॑र॒ण्यया॑ । ए॒ष विश्वा॑न्य॒भ्य॑स्तु॒ सौभ॑गास॒ङ्गस्य॑ स्व॒नद्र॑थः ॥
य ऋज्रा मह्यं मामहे सह त्वचा हिरण्यया । एष विश्वान्यभ्यस्तु सौभगासङ्गस्य स्वनद्रथः ॥
ya ṛjrā mahyam māmahe saha tvacā hiraṇyayā | eṣa viśvāny abhy astu saubhagāsaṅgasya svanadrathaḥ ||

English translation:

“(Praise me, saying), "He who has presented riches to me with a golden purse; may this rattling chariotof Asaṅga carry off all the treasures (of my enemy)".”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): āsaṅgaḥ plāyogiḥ [āsaṅga plāyogi];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): āsaṃṅgasya dānastutiḥ ;
Chandas (meter): ārcībhurigbṛhatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यः । ऋ॒ज्रा । मह्य॑म् । म॒म॒हे । स॒ह । त्व॒चा । हि॒र॒ण्यया॑ । ए॒षः । विश्वा॑नि । अ॒भि । अ॒स्तु॒ । सौभ॑गा । आ॒स॒ङ्गस्य॑ । स्व॒नत्ऽर॑थः ॥
यः । ऋज्रा । मह्यम् । ममहे । सह । त्वचा । हिरण्यया । एषः । विश्वानि । अभि । अस्तु । सौभगा । आसङ्गस्य । स्वनत्रथः ॥
yaḥ | ṛjrā | mahyam | mamahe | saha | tvacā | hiraṇyayā | eṣaḥ | viśvāni | abhi | astu | saubhagā | āsaṅgasya | svanat-rathaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.1.32 English analysis of grammar]

ya < yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

ṛjrā < ṛjra

[noun], accusative, dual, masculine

“red.”

mahyam < mad

[noun], dative, singular

“I; mine.”

māmahe < mah

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“give; accord.”

saha

[adverb]

“together; together; with; jointly; together; saha [word]; along.”

tvacā < tvac

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“skin; bark; peel; hide; complexion; hide; Rasa; rind.”

hiraṇyayā < hiraṇya

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“aureate; gold.”

eṣa < etad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); etad [word].”

viśvāny < viśvāni < viśva

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”

abhy < abhi

[adverb]

“towards; on.”

astu < as

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”

saubhagāsaṅgasya < saubhagā < saubhaga

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“well-being.”

saubhagāsaṅgasya < asaṅgasya < asaṅga

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“non-attachment; Asaṅga.”

svanadrathaḥ < svanat < svan

[verb noun]

“sound; sound.”

svanadrathaḥ < rathaḥ < ratha

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“chariot; warrior; ratha [word]; Dalbergia oojeinensis; rattan.”

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