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 8.6.38

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अनु॑ त्वा॒ रोद॑सी उ॒भे च॒क्रं न व॒र्त्येत॑शम् । अनु॑ सुवा॒नास॒ इन्द॑वः ॥
अनु त्वा रोदसी उभे चक्रं न वर्त्येतशम् । अनु सुवानास इन्दवः ॥
anu tvā rodasī ubhe cakraṃ na varty etaśam | anu suvānāsa indavaḥ ||

English translation:

“Both heaven and earth follow you as the wheels (of a car follow) the horse; the streams of the Somapoured forth (by the priests) follow (you).”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vatsaḥ kāṇvaḥ [vatsa kāṇva];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अनु॑ । त्वा॒ । रोद॑सी॒ इति॑ । उ॒भे इति॑ । च॒क्रम् । न । व॒र्ति॒ । एत॑शम् । अनु॑ । सु॒वा॒नासः॑ । इन्द॑वः ॥
अनु । त्वा । रोदसी इति । उभे इति । चक्रम् । न । वर्ति । एतशम् । अनु । सुवानासः । इन्दवः ॥
anu | tvā | rodasī iti | ubhe iti | cakram | na | varti | etaśam | anu | suvānāsaḥ | indavaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.6.38 English analysis of grammar]

anu

[adverb]

“subsequently; behind; along; towards; because.”

tvā < tvad

[noun], accusative, singular

“you.”

rodasī

[noun], nominative, dual, feminine

“heaven and earth; Earth.”

ubhe < ubh

[noun], nominative, dual, feminine

“both(a).”

cakraṃ < cakram < cakra

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

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

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

varty < varti < vṛt

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“behave; happen; exist; return; dwell; die; roll; continue; act; exist; feed on; issue; move; travel; proceed; turn; situate; drive; account for; begin; do; inhere; revolve.”

etaśam < etaśa

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Etaśa; horse.”

anu

[adverb]

“subsequently; behind; along; towards; because.”

suvānāsa < suvānāsaḥ < su

[verb noun], nominative, plural

“press out; su.”

indavaḥ < indu

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“moon; Soma; drop; anusvāra; one; Candra; silver; camphor; point; juice.”

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