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 8.46.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
दधा॑नो॒ गोम॒दश्व॑वत्सु॒वीर्य॑मादि॒त्यजू॑त एधते । सदा॑ रा॒या पु॑रु॒स्पृहा॑ ॥
दधानो गोमदश्ववत्सुवीर्यमादित्यजूत एधते । सदा राया पुरुस्पृहा ॥
dadhāno gomad aśvavat suvīryam ādityajūta edhate | sadā rāyā puruspṛhā ||
English translation:
“He who is directed by Āditya ever increases, possessing abundance of kine and horses and vigorouschildren; he increases in wealth longed for by many.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vaśo'śvyaḥ [vaśa aśvya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛduṣṇik ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
दधा॑नः । गोऽमत् । अश्व॑ऽवत् । सु॒ऽवीर्य॑म् । आ॒दि॒त्यऽजू॑तः । ए॒ध॒ते॒ । सदा॑ । रा॒या । पु॒रु॒ऽस्पृहा॑ ॥
दधानः । गोमत् । अश्ववत् । सुवीर्यम् । आदित्यजूतः । एधते । सदा । राया । पुरुस्पृहा ॥
dadhānaḥ | go--mat | aśva-vat | su-vīryam | āditya-jūtaḥ | edhate | sadā | rāyā | puru-spṛhā
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.46.5 English analysis of grammar]
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“rich in cattle; bovine.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
[adverb]
“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“potency; vīrya; heroism; potency; strength; semen; power; deed; active agent; efficacy; vīryapāramitā; gold; vigor; vīrya [word]; virility; manfulness; jewel; force.”
[noun], masculine
“sun; Aditya; Surya; āditya [word].”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“animate; encourage; impel; inspire.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“boom; get; thrive; increase; increase.”
[adverb]
“always; continually; always; perpetually.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“wealth; possession; rai [word]; gold.”
[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine
“coveted; desirous.”