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 8.24.5

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

न ते॑ स॒व्यं न दक्षि॑णं॒ हस्तं॑ वरन्त आ॒मुर॑: । न प॑रि॒बाधो॑ हरिवो॒ गवि॑ष्टिषु ॥
न ते सव्यं न दक्षिणं हस्तं वरन्त आमुरः । न परिबाधो हरिवो गविष्टिषु ॥
na te savyaṃ na dakṣiṇaṃ hastaṃ varanta āmuraḥ | na paribādho harivo gaviṣṭiṣu ||

English translation:

“Lord of steeds, in the recovery of the cattle the opponents resist not your left hand nor your right, yourenemies (resist you) not.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): viśvamanā vaiyaśvaḥ [viśvamanā vaiyaśva];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): uṣṇik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

न । ते॒ । स॒व्यम् । न । दक्षि॑णम् । हस्त॑म् । व॒र॒न्ते॒ । आ॒ऽमुरः॑ । न । प॒रि॒ऽबाधः॑ । ह॒रि॒ऽवः॒ । गोऽइ॑ष्टिषु ॥
न । ते । सव्यम् । न । दक्षिणम् । हस्तम् । वरन्ते । आमुरः । न । परिबाधः । हरिवः । गोइष्टिषु ॥
na | te | savyam | na | dakṣiṇam | hastam | varante | āmuraḥ | na | pari-bādhaḥ | hari-vaḥ | go--iṣṭiṣu

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.24.5 English analysis of grammar]

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

te < tvad

[noun], genitive, singular

“you.”

savyaṃ < savyam < savya

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“left; savya [word].”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

dakṣiṇaṃ < dakṣiṇam < dakṣiṇa

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“southern; right; south; southerly; dakṣiṇa [word]; sincere; clockwise; deft.”

hastaṃ < hastam < hasta

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“hand; hand; proboscis; hasta [word]; autograph.”

varanta < varante < vṛ

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“surround; accompany; cover; cover; obstruct; check; spread; envelop.”

āmuraḥ < āmur

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

paribādho < paribādhaḥ < paribādh

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

harivo < harivas < harivat

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

gaviṣṭiṣu < gaviṣṭi

[noun], locative, plural, feminine

“foray.”

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