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 8.45.38

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ए॒वारे॑ वृषभा सु॒तेऽसि॑न्व॒न्भूर्या॑वयः । श्व॒घ्नीव॑ नि॒वता॒ चर॑न् ॥
एवारे वृषभा सुतेऽसिन्वन्भूर्यावयः । श्वघ्नीव निवता चरन् ॥
evāre vṛṣabhā sute 'sinvan bhūry āvayaḥ | śvaghnīva nivatā caran ||

English translation:

“Showerer (of benefits), when the ready Soma was effused, you did devour much, without stint, rushingdown like a gameste.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Asinvan = na badhnan; RV. 7.39.6: apratibadhnān, not hindering the desires of mortals

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): triśokaḥ kāṇvaḥ [triśoka kāṇva];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): virāḍgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ए॒वारे॑ । वृ॒ष॒भ॒ । सु॒ते । असि॑न्वन् । भूरि॑ । आ॒व॒यः॒ । श्व॒घ्नीऽइ॑व । नि॒ऽवता॑ । चर॑न् ॥
एवारे । वृषभ । सुते । असिन्वन् । भूरि । आवयः । श्वघ्नीइव । निवता । चरन् ॥
evāre | vṛṣabha | sute | asinvan | bhūri | āvayaḥ | śvaghnī-iva | ni-vatā | caran

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.45.38 English analysis of grammar]

evāre < eva

[adverb]

“indeed; merely; thus; even; surely; same; eva [word]; successively; immediately; in truth.”

evāre < are

[adverb]

vṛṣabhā < vṛṣabha

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“bull; Vṛṣabha; Vṛṣabha; best.”

sute < su

[verb noun], locative, singular

“press out; su.”

'sinvan < asinvan < asinvat

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“insatiate.”

bhūry < bhūri

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“much; many; much(a); abundant; rich; mighty; distinguished.”

āvayaḥ < āvay

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“eat.”

śvaghnīva < śvaghnī < śvaghnin

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“gambler.”

śvaghnīva < iva

[adverb]

“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”

nivatā < nivat

[noun], instrumental, singular, feminine

“depth.”

caran < car

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“car; wander; perform; travel; bore; produce; make; dwell; dig; act; observe; enter (a state); observe; cause; crop; behave; practice; heed; process; administer.”

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