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 8.3.22

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

रोहि॑तं मे॒ पाक॑स्थामा सु॒धुरं॑ कक्ष्य॒प्राम् । अदा॑द्रा॒यो वि॒बोध॑नम् ॥
रोहितं मे पाकस्थामा सुधुरं कक्ष्यप्राम् । अदाद्रायो विबोधनम् ॥
rohitam me pākasthāmā sudhuraṃ kakṣyaprām | adād rāyo vibodhanam ||

English translation:

“Pākasthāman has given me a tawny robust beast of burden, the means of acquiring riches.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): medhyātithiḥ kāṇvaḥ [medhyātithi kāṇva];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pākasthāmnaḥ kaurayāṇasya dānastutiḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

रोहि॑तम् । मे॒ । पाक॑ऽस्थामा । सु॒ऽधुर॑म् । क॒क्ष्य॒ऽप्राम् । अदा॑त् । रा॒यः । वि॒ऽबोध॑नम् ॥
रोहितम् । मे । पाकस्थामा । सुधुरम् । कक्ष्यप्राम् । अदात् । रायः । विबोधनम् ॥
rohitam | me | pāka-sthāmā | su-dhuram | kakṣya-prām | adāt | rāyaḥ | vi-bodhanam

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.3.22 English analysis of grammar]

rohitam < rohita

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“red.”

me < mad

[noun], dative, singular

“I; mine.”

pākasthāmā < pākasthāman

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

sudhuraṃ < su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

sudhuraṃ < dhuram < dhur

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“yoke; dhur [word].”

kakṣyaprām < kakṣya

[noun], neuter

“cinch.”

kakṣyaprām < prām < prā

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“appreciated.”

adād < adāt <

[verb], singular, Root aorist (Ind.)

“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.”

rāyo < rāyaḥ < rai

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“wealth; possession; rai [word]; gold.”

vibodhanam < vibodhana

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

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