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 8.7.29

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सु॒षोमे॑ शर्य॒णाव॑त्यार्जी॒के प॒स्त्या॑वति । य॒युर्निच॑क्रया॒ नर॑: ॥
सुषोमे शर्यणावत्यार्जीके पस्त्यावति । ययुर्निचक्रया नरः ॥
suṣome śaryaṇāvaty ārjīke pastyāvati | yayur nicakrayā naraḥ ||

English translation:

“The leaders of rites have proceeded with downward chariot-wheels to the Ṛjīka (Ārjīka) country,where lies the Śaryaṇāvat, abounding in dwellings, and where Soma is plural ntiful.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सु॒ऽसोमे॑ । श॒र्य॒णाऽव॑ति । आ॒र्जी॒के । प॒स्त्य॑ऽवति । य॒युः । निऽच॑क्रया । नरः॑ ॥
सुसोमे । शर्यणावति । आर्जीके । पस्त्यवति । ययुः । निचक्रया । नरः ॥
su-some | śaryaṇāvati | ārjīke | pastya-vati | yayuḥ | ni-cakrayā | naraḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.7.29 English analysis of grammar]

suṣome < su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

suṣome < some < soma

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

śaryaṇāvaty < śaryaṇāvati < śaryaṇāvant

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

ārjīke < ārjīka

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

pastyāvati < pastyāvat

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

yayur < yayuḥ <

[verb], plural, Perfect indicative

“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”

nicakrayā

[adverb]

naraḥ < nṛ

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

“man; man; nṛ [word]; crew; masculine.”

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