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 8.6.46

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

श॒तम॒हं ति॒रिन्दि॑रे स॒हस्रं॒ पर्शा॒वा द॑दे । राधां॑सि॒ याद्वा॑नाम् ॥
शतमहं तिरिन्दिरे सहस्रं पर्शावा ददे । राधांसि याद्वानाम् ॥
śatam ahaṃ tirindire sahasram parśāv ā dade | rādhāṃsi yādvānām ||

English translation:

“I have accepted from Tirindira, the son of Paraśu, hundreds and thousands of the treasures of meṇ”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Yādvānām, from yadu = a synonym of manuṣya, yādava eva yādvāḥ; or, yadukulajānām, of thoseborn of the race of Yadu, who have been despoiled by Tirindira; or, "I among men have accepteḍ.."

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

श॒तम् । अ॒हम् । ति॒रिन्दि॑रे । स॒हस्र॑म् । पर्शौ॑ । आ । द॒दे॒ । राधां॑सि । याद्वा॑नाम् ॥
शतम् । अहम् । तिरिन्दिरे । सहस्रम् । पर्शौ । आ । ददे । राधांसि । याद्वानाम् ॥
śatam | aham | tirindire | sahasram | parśau | ā | dade | rādhāṃsi | yādvānām

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.6.46 English analysis of grammar]

śatam < śata

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“hundred; one-hundredth; śata [word].”

ahaṃ < aham < mad

[noun], nominative, singular

“I; mine.”

tirindire < tirindira

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

sahasram < sahasra

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“thousand; one-thousandth; sahasra [word].”

parśāv < parśau < parśu

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“rib; parśu [word].”

ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

dade <

[verb], singular, Perfect indicative

“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.”

rādhāṃsi < rādhas

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“gift; munificence; liberality; bounty.”

yādvānām < yādva

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

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