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 8.41.6
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यस्मि॒न्विश्वा॑नि॒ काव्या॑ च॒क्रे नाभि॑रिव श्रि॒ता । त्रि॒तं जू॒ती स॑पर्यत व्र॒जे गावो॒ न सं॒युजे॑ यु॒जे अश्वाँ॑ अयुक्षत॒ नभ॑न्तामन्य॒के स॑मे ॥
यस्मिन्विश्वानि काव्या चक्रे नाभिरिव श्रिता । त्रितं जूती सपर्यत व्रजे गावो न संयुजे युजे अश्वाँ अयुक्षत नभन्तामन्यके समे ॥
yasmin viśvāni kāvyā cakre nābhir iva śritā | tritaṃ jūtī saparyata vraje gāvo na saṃyuje yuje aśvām̐ ayukṣata nabhantām anyake same ||
English translation:
“In whom all pious acts are concentrated, like the nave in the (centre of the) wheel, worship him quicklywho abides in the three worlds; as men assemble the cattle in their pasture, so do (our foes) collect their horses(to assail us); may all our adversaries perish.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): nābhākaḥ kāṇvaḥ [nābhāka kāṇva];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): varuṇaḥ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛjjagatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यस्मि॑न् । विश्वा॑नि । काव्या॑ । च॒क्रे । नाभिः॑ऽइव । श्रि॒ता । त्रि॒तम् । जू॒ती । स॒प॒र्य॒त॒ । व्र॒जे । गावः॑ । न । स॒म्ऽयुजे॑ । यु॒जे । अश्वा॑न् । अ॒यु॒क्ष॒त॒ । नभ॑न्ताम् । अ॒न्य॒के । स॒मे॒ ॥
यस्मिन् । विश्वानि । काव्या । चक्रे । नाभिःइव । श्रिता । त्रितम् । जूती । सपर्यत । व्रजे । गावः । न । सम्युजे । युजे । अश्वान् । अयुक्षत । नभन्ताम् । अन्यके । समे ॥
yasmin | viśvāni | kāvyā | cakre | nābhiḥ-iva | śritā | tritam | jūtī | saparyata | vraje | gāvaḥ | na | sam-yuje | yuje | aśvāmn | ayukṣata | nabhantām | anyake | same
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.41.6 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], nominative, plural, neuter
“all(a); whole; complete; each(a); viśva [word]; completely; wholly.”
[noun], nominative, plural, neuter
“Uśanas; poem; Kāvya; wisdom.”
[noun], locative, singular, neuter
“wheel; Cakra; discus; army; cakra; oil mill; cakrikā; cakra; group.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“navel; hub; kinship; beginning; origin; umbilical cord; nābhi [word]; friendship; center.”
[adverb]
“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”
[verb noun], accusative, plural
“situate; dwell; go; lurk; reach; rear; repose; cling to.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“Trita.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine
“jūti [word].”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“worship.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“cow pen; Vraja; battalion; Vraja; Vraja; vraja [word]; vraj; herd; flock; group.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[noun], dative, singular, feminine
[noun], dative, singular, masculine
“ally; friend; pair; two; companion.”
[noun], accusative, plural, masculine
“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”
[verb], plural, Athematic s aor. (Ind.)
“mix; use; endow; yoke; accompany; to practice Yoga; connect; hire; administer; compound; affect; add; concentrate; unite; join; prosecute; combine; supply; compound; attach to; appoint; fill; process; mobilize; mount; complement; eat; join; treat; coincide; affect; challenge.”
[verb], plural, Present imperative
“burst.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“other; another(a).”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“like; like; alike(p); level; symmetrical; balanced; average; same; regular; impartial; imperturbable; even; sama [word]; every(a); accurate; identical; fair; equal; synonymous; changeless; whole; exact; calm; straight; even; wide.”