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 8.19.36
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अदा॑न्मे पौरुकु॒त्स्यः प॑ञ्चा॒शतं॑ त्र॒सद॑स्युर्व॒धूना॑म् । मंहि॑ष्ठो अ॒र्यः सत्प॑तिः ॥
अदान्मे पौरुकुत्स्यः पञ्चाशतं त्रसदस्युर्वधूनाम् । मंहिष्ठो अर्यः सत्पतिः ॥
adān me paurukutsyaḥ pañcāśataṃ trasadasyur vadhūnām | maṃhiṣṭho aryaḥ satpatiḥ ||
English translation:
“The magnificent lord, the protector of the virtuous, Trasadasyu, the son of Purukutsa, has given me fivehundred brides.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): sobhariḥ kāṇvaḥ [sobhari kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): trasadasyordānastutiḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍuṣnik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
अदा॑त् । मे॒ । पौ॒रु॒ऽकु॒त्स्यः । प॒ञ्चा॒शत॑म् । त्र॒सद॑स्युः । व॒धूना॑म् । मंहि॑ष्ठः । अ॒र्यः । सत्ऽप॑तिः ॥
अदात् । मे । पौरुकुत्स्यः । पञ्चाशतम् । त्रसदस्युः । वधूनाम् । मंहिष्ठः । अर्यः । सत्पतिः ॥
adāt | me | pauru-kutsyaḥ | pañcāśatam | trasadasyuḥ | vadhūnām | maṃhiṣṭhaḥ | aryaḥ | sat-patiḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.19.36 English analysis of grammar]
[verb], singular, Root aorist (Ind.)
“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.”
[noun], dative, singular
“I; mine.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], accusative, singular, feminine
“fifty; pañcāśat [word].”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Trasadasyu.”
[noun], genitive, plural, feminine
“wife; woman; bride; female; Trigonella corniculata; female; cow.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“big.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun]
“good; good; real; existent; virtuous; sat [prefix]; real.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“husband; overlord; king; deity; īśvara; ruler; pati [word]; commanding officer; leader; owner; mayor; lord.”