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 8.24.29

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ ना॒र्यस्य॒ दक्षि॑णा॒ व्य॑श्वाँ एतु सो॒मिन॑: । स्थू॒रं च॒ राध॑: श॒तव॑त्स॒हस्र॑वत् ॥
आ नार्यस्य दक्षिणा व्यश्वाँ एतु सोमिनः । स्थूरं च राधः शतवत्सहस्रवत् ॥
ā nāryasya dakṣiṇā vyaśvām̐ etu sominaḥ | sthūraṃ ca rādhaḥ śatavat sahasravat ||

English translation:

“May the gifts of a humane (price), when offering the Soma libation, extend to the Vyaśvas, yes, andsubstantial wealthy by hundreds and thousands.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Nārya = narahitasyāpatyam

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आ । ना॒र्यस्य॑ । दक्षि॑णा । विऽअ॑श्वान् । ए॒तु॒ । सो॒मिनः॑ । स्थू॒रम् । च॒ । राधः॑ । श॒तऽव॑त् । स॒हस्र॑ऽवत् ॥
आ । नार्यस्य । दक्षिणा । विअश्वान् । एतु । सोमिनः । स्थूरम् । च । राधः । शतवत् । सहस्रवत् ॥
ā | nāryasya | dakṣiṇā | vi-aśvān | etu | sominaḥ | sthūram | ca | rādhaḥ | śata-vat | sahasra-vat

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.24.29 English analysis of grammar]

ā

[adverb]

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

nāryasya < nārya

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

dakṣiṇā

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“Dakṣiṇā; south; dakṣiṇā [word]; gift; South.”

vyaśvāṃ < vyaśva

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

etu < i

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“go; travel; enter (a state); return; walk; continue; reach; ask.”

sominaḥ < somin

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

sthūraṃ < sthūram < sthūra

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“large; portly; fleshy.”

ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

rādhaḥ < rādhas

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“gift; munificence; liberality; bounty.”

śatavat

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

sahasravat

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

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