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 8.20.19
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यून॑ ऊ॒ षु नवि॑ष्ठया॒ वृष्ण॑: पाव॒काँ अ॒भि सो॑भरे गि॒रा । गाय॒ गा इ॑व॒ चर्कृ॑षत् ॥
यून ऊ षु नविष्ठया वृष्णः पावकाँ अभि सोभरे गिरा । गाय गा इव चर्कृषत् ॥
yūna ū ṣu naviṣṭhayā vṛṣṇaḥ pāvakām̐ abhi sobhare girā | gāya gā iva carkṛṣat ||
English translation:
“Praise, Sobhari, (and attract here) by a new song the youthful purifying showerers, as (a plural ughman)repeatedly drags his oxen.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
As a plural ughma: "as a plural ughman repeatedly drawing the furrows (praises oraddressed) of his oxen"
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): sobhariḥ kāṇvaḥ [sobhari kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): marūtaḥ;
Chandas (meter): kakubuṣṇik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यूनः॑ । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । सु । नवि॑ष्ठया । वृष्णः॑ । पा॒व॒कान् । अ॒भि । सो॒भ॒रे॒ । गि॒रा । गाय॑ । गाःऽइ॑व । चर्कृ॑षत् ॥
यूनः । ऊँ इति । सु । नविष्ठया । वृष्णः । पावकान् । अभि । सोभरे । गिरा । गाय । गाःइव । चर्कृषत् ॥
yūnaḥ | oṃ iti | su | naviṣṭhayā | vṛṣṇaḥ | pāvakān | abhi | sobhare | girā | gāya | gāḥ-iva | cakṛrṣat
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.20.19 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“young person; yuvan [word]; taruṇabandha; yuvan; yuvan; young buck; young.”
[adverb]
“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“late(a).”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“bull; Indra; stallion; Vṛṣan; man.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“pure; purifying; pure; āgneya; clear; bright; bright.”
[adverb]
“towards; on.”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“hymn; praise; voice; words; invocation; command; statement; cry; language.”
[verb noun]
“sing; praise; jap; recite; describe.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular