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 8.35.7

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

हा॒रि॒द्र॒वेव॑ पतथो॒ वनेदुप॒ सोमं॑ सु॒तं म॑हि॒षेवाव॑ गच्छथः । स॒जोष॑सा उ॒षसा॒ सूर्ये॑ण च॒ त्रिर्व॒र्तिर्या॑तमश्विना ॥
हारिद्रवेव पतथो वनेदुप सोमं सुतं महिषेवाव गच्छथः । सजोषसा उषसा सूर्येण च त्रिर्वर्तिर्यातमश्विना ॥
hāridraveva patatho vaned upa somaṃ sutam mahiṣevāva gacchathaḥ | sajoṣasā uṣasā sūryeṇa ca trir vartir yātam aśvinā ||

English translation:

“You alight upon the effused Soma as the Hāridravā plural nges unto the water; you fall upon it like twobuffaloes (plural nging into a pool); united with the dawn and with Sūrya, come, Aśvins, by the triple path.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Hāridravā: a tree; by the triple path: trir vartir yātam, the three daily ceremonies; or, come thrice to ourdwelling

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śyāvāśvaḥ [śyāvāśva];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): aśvinau ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛttriṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

हा॒रि॒द्र॒वाऽइ॑व । प॒त॒थः॒ । वना॑ । इत् । उप॑ । सोम॑म् । सु॒तम् । म॒हि॒षाऽइ॑व । अव॑ । ग॒च्छ॒थः॒ । स॒ऽजोष॑सौ । उ॒षसा॑ । सूर्ये॑ण । च॒ । सोम॑म् । पि॒ब॒त॒म् । अ॒श्वि॒ना॒ ॥
हारिद्रवाइव । पतथः । वना । इत् । उप । सोमम् । सुतम् । महिषाइव । अव । गच्छथः । सजोषसौ । उषसा । सूर्येण । च । सोमम् । पिबतम् । अश्विना ॥
hāridravāiva | patathaḥ | vanā | it | upa | somam | sutam | mahiṣāiva | ava | gacchathaḥ | sa-joṣasau | uṣasā | sūryeṇa | ca | somam | pibatam | aśvinā

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.35.7 English analysis of grammar]

hāridraveva < hāridravā < hāridrava

[noun], nominative, dual, masculine

hāridraveva < iva

[adverb]

“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”

patatho < patathaḥ < pat

[verb], dual, Present indikative

“fall down; drop; fly; issue; fall; fall; decay; hang down; banish; throw; lodge; disappear.”

vaned < vanā < vana

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“forest; wood; tree; grove; vana [word]; forest; brush.”

vaned < id

[adverb]

“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”

upa

[adverb]

“towards; on; next.”

somaṃ < somam < soma

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“Soma; moon; soma [word]; Candra.”

sutam < su

[verb noun], accusative, singular

“press out; su.”

mahiṣevāva < mahiṣā < mahiṣa

[noun], nominative, dual, masculine

“Old World buffalo; Mahiṣa; Mahiṣa.”

mahiṣevāva < iva

[adverb]

“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”

mahiṣevāva < ava

[adverb]

“down.”

gacchathaḥ < gam

[verb], dual, Present indikative

“go; situate; enter (a state); travel; disappear; [in]; elapse; leave; reach; vanish; love; walk; approach; issue; hop on; gasify; get; come; die; drain; spread; transform; happen; discharge; ride; to be located; run; detect; refer; go; shall; drive.”

sajoṣasā < sajoṣasau < sajoṣas

[noun], nominative, dual, masculine

“consentaneous; combined; associated; united.”

uṣasā < uṣas

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“Ushas; dawn; uṣas [word]; morning.”

sūryeṇa < sūrya

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“sun; Surya; sūrya [word]; right nostril; twelve; Calotropis gigantea Beng.; sūryakānta; sunlight; best.”

ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

trir < tris

[adverb]

“thrice; tris [word].”

vartir < vartiḥ < vartis

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“tour.”

yātam <

[verb], dual, Present imperative

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

aśvinā < aśvin

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

“Asvins; two.”

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