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 8.5.29

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

हि॒र॒ण्ययी॑ वां॒ रभि॑री॒षा अक्षो॑ हिर॒ण्यय॑: । उ॒भा च॒क्रा हि॑र॒ण्यया॑ ॥
हिरण्ययी वां रभिरीषा अक्षो हिरण्ययः । उभा चक्रा हिरण्यया ॥
hiraṇyayī vāṃ rabhir īṣā akṣo hiraṇyayaḥ | ubhā cakrā hiraṇyayā ||

English translation:

“Golden is its supporting shaft, golden the axle, golden both the wheels.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): brahmātithiḥ kāṇvaḥ [brahmātithi kāṇva];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): aśvinau ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

हि॒र॒ण्ययी॑म् । वा॒म् । रभिः॑ । ई॒षा । अक्षः॑ । हि॒र॒ण्ययः॑ । उ॒भा । च॒क्रा । हि॒र॒ण्यया॑ ॥
हिरण्ययीम् । वाम् । रभिः । ईषा । अक्षः । हिरण्ययः । उभा । चक्रा । हिरण्यया ॥
hiraṇyayīm | vām | rabhiḥ | īṣā | akṣaḥ | hiraṇyayaḥ | ubhā | cakrā | hiraṇyayā

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.5.29 English analysis of grammar]

hiraṇyayī < hiraṇyaya

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“gold; aureate; hiraṇyaya [word].”

vāṃ < vām < tvad

[noun], genitive, dual

“you.”

rabhir < rabhiḥ < rabhi

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

īṣā

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

akṣo < akṣaḥ < akṣa

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“axle.”

hiraṇyayaḥ < hiraṇyaya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“gold; aureate; hiraṇyaya [word].”

ubhā < ubh

[noun], nominative, dual, masculine

“both(a).”

cakrā < cakra

[noun], nominative, dual, masculine

“wheel; Cakra; discus; army; cakra; oil mill; cakrikā; cakra; group.”

hiraṇyayā < hiraṇyaya

[noun], nominative, dual, masculine

“gold; aureate; hiraṇyaya [word].”

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