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 8.22.17

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ नो॒ अश्वा॑वदश्विना व॒र्तिर्या॑सिष्टं मधुपातमा नरा । गोम॑द्दस्रा॒ हिर॑ण्यवत् ॥
आ नो अश्वावदश्विना वर्तिर्यासिष्टं मधुपातमा नरा । गोमद्दस्रा हिरण्यवत् ॥
ā no aśvāvad aśvinā vartir yāsiṣṭam madhupātamā narā | gomad dasrā hiraṇyavat ||

English translation:

Aśvins, of goodly aspect, leaders (of rites), deep drinkers of the Soma, come to our dwelling aboundingwith horses, with cattle, with gold.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): sobhariḥ kāṇvaḥ [sobhari kāṇva];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): aśvinau ;
Chandas (meter): uṣṇik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ । नः॒ । अश्व॑ऽवत् । अ॒श्वि॒ना॒ । व॒र्तिः । या॒सि॒ष्ट॒म् । म॒धु॒ऽपा॒त॒मा॒ । न॒रा॒ । गोऽम॑त् । द॒स्रा॒ । हिर॑ण्यऽवत् ॥
आ । नः । अश्ववत् । अश्विना । वर्तिः । यासिष्टम् । मधुपातमा । नरा । गोमत् । दस्रा । हिरण्यवत् ॥
ā | naḥ | aśva-vat | aśvinā | vartiḥ | yāsiṣṭam | madhu-pātamā | narā | go--mat | dasrā | hiraṇya-vat

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.22.17 English analysis of grammar]

ā

[adverb]

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

no < naḥ < mad

[noun], accusative, plural

“I; mine.”

aśvāvad < aśvāvat

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“rich in horses.”

aśvinā < aśvin

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

“Asvins; two.”

vartir < vartiḥ < vartis

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“tour.”

yāsiṣṭam <

[verb], dual, Aorist inj. (proh.)

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

madhupātamā < madhu

[noun], neuter

“honey; alcohol; sweet; nectar; madhu [word].”

madhupātamā < pātamā < pātama

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

narā < nṛ

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

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

gomad < gomat

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“rich in cattle; bovine.”

dasrā < dasra

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

“Asvins.”

hiraṇyavat

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“possessing gold.”

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