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 8.25.23

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ता मे॒ अश्व्या॑नां॒ हरी॑णां नि॒तोश॑ना । उ॒तो नु कृत्व्या॑नां नृ॒वाह॑सा ॥
ता मे अश्व्यानां हरीणां नितोशना । उतो नु कृत्व्यानां नृवाहसा ॥
tā me aśvyānāṃ harīṇāṃ nitośanā | uto nu kṛtvyānāṃ nṛvāhasā ||

English translation:

“Among bay horses these two are pre-eminently the destroyers (of foes), and of those eager in combat;the two strong bearers of men.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ता । मे॒ । अश्व्या॑नाम् । हरी॑णाम् । नि॒ऽतोश॑ना । उ॒तो इति॑ । नु । कृत्व्या॑नाम् । नृ॒ऽवाह॑सा ॥
ता । मे । अश्व्यानाम् । हरीणाम् । नितोशना । उतो इति । नु । कृत्व्यानाम् । नृवाहसा ॥
tā | me | aśvyānām | harīṇām | ni-tośanā | uto iti | nu | kṛtvyānām | nṛ-vāhasā

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.25.23 English analysis of grammar]

< tad

[noun], nominative, dual, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

me < mad

[noun], dative, singular

“I; mine.”

aśvyānāṃ < aśvyānām < aśvya

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“equine.”

harīṇāṃ < harīṇām < hari

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“Vishnu; monkey; Krishna; horse; lion; Indra; Hari; Surya; Hari; haritāla; Hari; snake; frog.”

nitośanā < nitośana

[noun], nominative, dual, masculine

uto < uta

[adverb]

“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”

uto < u

[adverb]

“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”

nu

[adverb]

“now; already.”

kṛtvyānāṃ < kṛtvyānām < kṛtvya

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“confident.”

nṛvāhasā < nṛ

[noun], masculine

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

nṛvāhasā < vāhasā < vāhas

[noun], nominative, dual, masculine

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