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 8.5.35

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

हि॒र॒ण्यये॑न॒ रथे॑न द्र॒वत्पा॑णिभि॒रश्वै॑: । धीज॑वना॒ नास॑त्या ॥
हिरण्ययेन रथेन द्रवत्पाणिभिरश्वैः । धीजवना नासत्या ॥
hiraṇyayena rathena dravatpāṇibhir aśvaiḥ | dhījavanā nāsatyā ||

English translation:

“Rapid as thought, Nāsatyās, (come) with your golden chariot drawn by quick-footed steeds.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

हि॒र॒ण्यये॑न । रथे॑न । द्र॒वत्पा॑णिऽभिः । अश्वैः॑ । धीऽज॑वना । नास॑त्या ॥
हिरण्ययेन । रथेन । द्रवत्पाणिभिः । अश्वैः । धीजवना । नासत्या ॥
hiraṇyayena | rathena | dravatpāṇi-bhiḥ | aśvaiḥ | dhī-javanā | nāsatyā

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.5.35 English analysis of grammar]

hiraṇyayena < hiraṇyaya

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“gold; aureate; hiraṇyaya [word].”

rathena < ratha

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

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

dravatpāṇibhir < dravat < dru

[verb noun]

“liquefy; melt; melt; flee; run; run; vanish; run; rush; dissolve; dissolve.”

dravatpāṇibhir < pāṇibhiḥ < pāṇi

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“hand; hoof; pāṇi [word].”

aśvaiḥ < aśva

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”

dhījavanā < dhī

[noun], feminine

“intelligence; prayer; mind; insight; idea; hymn; purpose; art; knowledge.”

dhījavanā < javanā < javana

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

“fleet; stimulating.”

nāsatyā < nāsatya

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

“Asvins; nāsatya [word].”

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