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 8.7.27

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ नो॑ म॒खस्य॑ दा॒वनेऽश्वै॒र्हिर॑ण्यपाणिभिः । देवा॑स॒ उप॑ गन्तन ॥
आ नो मखस्य दावनेऽश्वैर्हिरण्यपाणिभिः । देवास उप गन्तन ॥
ā no makhasya dāvane 'śvair hiraṇyapāṇibhiḥ | devāsa upa gantana ||

English translation:

“Come, gods, to (show your) liberality at our sacrifice with your golden-footed steeds.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ । नः॒ । म॒खस्य॑ । दा॒वने॑ । अश्वैः॑ । हिर॑ण्यपाणिऽभिः । देवा॑सः । उप॑ । ग॒न्त॒न॒ ॥
आ । नः । मखस्य । दावने । अश्वैः । हिरण्यपाणिभिः । देवासः । उप । गन्तन ॥
ā | naḥ | makhasya | dāvane | aśvaiḥ | hiraṇyapāṇi-bhiḥ | devāsaḥ | upa | gantana

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.7.27 English analysis of grammar]

ā

[adverb]

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

no < naḥ < mad

[noun], accusative, plural

“I; mine.”

makhasya < makha

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“yajña; Makha; festival.”

dāvane <

[verb noun]

“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.”

'śvair < aśvaiḥ < aśva

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”

hiraṇyapāṇibhiḥ < hiraṇya

[noun]

“aureate; gold.”

hiraṇyapāṇibhiḥ < pāṇibhiḥ < pāṇi

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“hand; hoof; pāṇi [word].”

devāsa < devāsaḥ < deva

[noun], vocative, plural, masculine

“Deva; Hindu deity; king; deity; Indra; deva [word]; God; Jina; Viśvedevās; mercury; natural phenomenon; gambling.”

upa

[adverb]

“towards; on; next.”

gantana < gam

[verb], plural, Aorist imperative

“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”

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