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 8.2.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

नृभि॑र्धू॒तः सु॒तो अश्नै॒रव्यो॒ वारै॒: परि॑पूतः । अश्वो॒ न नि॒क्तो न॒दीषु॑ ॥
नृभिर्धूतः सुतो अश्नैरव्यो वारैः परिपूतः । अश्वो न निक्तो नदीषु ॥
nṛbhir dhūtaḥ suto aśnair avyo vāraiḥ paripūtaḥ | aśvo na nikto nadīṣu ||

English translation:

“Washed by the priests, effused by the stones, purified by the woollen filter, like a horse cleansed in astream.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): medhātithiḥ kāṇvaḥ priyamedhaścāṅgirasaḥ [medhātithi kāṇva priyamedhaścāṅgirasa];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): ārṣīgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

नृऽभिः॑ । धू॒तः । सु॒तः । अश्नैः॑ । अव्यः॑ । वारैः॑ । परि॑ऽपूतः । अश्वः॑ । न । नि॒क्तः । न॒दीषु॑ ॥
नृभिः । धूतः । सुतः । अश्नैः । अव्यः । वारैः । परिपूतः । अश्वः । न । निक्तः । नदीषु ॥
nṛ-bhiḥ | dhūtaḥ | sutaḥ | aśnaiḥ | avyaḥ | vāraiḥ | pari-pūtaḥ | aśvaḥ | na | niktaḥ | nadīṣu

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.2.2 English analysis of grammar]

nṛbhir < nṛbhiḥ < nṛ

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”

dhūtaḥ < dhū

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“shake; remove; chase away.”

suto < sutaḥ < su

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“press out; su.”

aśnair < aśnaiḥ < aśna

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

avyo < avyaḥ < avya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

vāraiḥ < vāra

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“strainer.”

paripūtaḥ < paripū < √pū

[verb noun], nominative, singular

aśvo < aśvaḥ < aśva

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

nikto < niktaḥ < nij

[verb noun], nominative, singular

nadīṣu < nadī

[noun], locative, plural, feminine

“river; nadī; nadī [word]; Premna spinosa Roxb..”

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