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 8.2.39
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
य ऋ॒ते चि॒द्गास्प॒देभ्यो॒ दात्सखा॒ नृभ्य॒: शची॑वान् । ये अ॑स्मि॒न्काम॒मश्रि॑यन् ॥
य ऋते चिद्गास्पदेभ्यो दात्सखा नृभ्यः शचीवान् । ये अस्मिन्काममश्रियन् ॥
ya ṛte cid gās padebhyo dāt sakhā nṛbhyaḥ śacīvān | ye asmin kāmam aśriyan ||
English translation:
“He who, a friend (to his worshippers), the doer of great deeds, tracing the catttle by their foot-marks,being without (other means of detection), restored them to those leaders (of rites) who willingly put their trust inhim.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Without other means: or, tracing them, though without their footsteps (to guide them)
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]:
यः । ऋ॒ते । चि॒त् । गाः । प॒देभ्यः॑ । दात् । सखा॑ । नृऽभ्यः॑ । शची॑ऽवान् । ये । अ॒स्मि॒न् । काम॑म् । अश्रि॑यन् ॥
यः । ऋते । चित् । गाः । पदेभ्यः । दात् । सखा । नृभ्यः । शचीवान् । ये । अस्मिन् । कामम् । अश्रियन् ॥
yaḥ | ṛte | cit | gāḥ | padebhyaḥ | dāt | sakhā | nṛ-bhyaḥ | śacī-vān | ye | asmin | kāmam | aśriyan
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.2.39 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[adverb]
“without; ṛte [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“supreme spirit; cit [word]; soul.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[noun], ablative, plural, neuter
“word; location; foot; footprint; pada [word]; verse; footstep; metrical foot; situation; dwelling; state; step; mark; position; trace; construction; animal foot; way; moment; social station; topographic point; path; residence; site; topic.”
[verb], singular, Aorist conj./subj.
“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.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“friend; companion; sakhi [word].”
[noun], dative, plural, masculine
“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“mighty.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“wish; desire; sexual love; sexual desire; desire; Kama; sensuality; love; purpose; sexual arousal; pleasure; enjoyment; licentiousness; kāma [word]; sexual intercourse; thorn apple; wish.”
[verb], plural, Root aorist (Ind.)
“situate; dwell; go; lurk; reach; rear; repose; cling to.”