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 8.6.42
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒स्माकं॑ त्वा सु॒ताँ उप॑ वी॒तपृ॑ष्ठा अ॒भि प्रय॑: । श॒तं व॑हन्तु॒ हर॑यः ॥
अस्माकं त्वा सुताँ उप वीतपृष्ठा अभि प्रयः । शतं वहन्तु हरयः ॥
asmākaṃ tvā sutām̐ upa vītapṛṣṭhā abhi prayaḥ | śataṃ vahantu harayaḥ ||
English translation:
“May your hundred sleek-backed horses bring you to our libations, to our (sacrificial) food.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vatsaḥ kāṇvaḥ [vatsa kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अ॒स्माक॑म् । त्वा॒ । सु॒तान् । उप॑ । वी॒तऽपृ॑ष्ठाः । अ॒भि । प्रयः॑ । श॒तम् । व॒ह॒न्तु॒ । हर॑यः ॥
अस्माकम् । त्वा । सुतान् । उप । वीतपृष्ठाः । अभि । प्रयः । शतम् । वहन्तु । हरयः ॥
asmākam | tvā | sutān | upa | vīta-pṛṣṭhāḥ | abhi | prayaḥ | śatam | vahantu | harayaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.6.42 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[verb noun], accusative, plural
“press out; su.”
[adverb]
“towards; on; next.”
[noun]
“straight; smooth.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“back; top; top; surface; shell; peak; Pṛṣṭha; flat roof; pṛṣṭha [word]; back; roof.”
[adverb]
“towards; on.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“food; dainty; enjoyment.”
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“hundred; one-hundredth; śata [word].”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“transport; bring; marry; run; drive; vāhay; drive; run; pull; nirvāpay; blow; transport; discharge; assume; remove.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“Vishnu; monkey; Krishna; horse; lion; Indra; Hari; Surya; Hari; haritāla; Hari; snake; frog.”