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 8.46.23
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
दश॑ श्या॒वा ऋ॒धद्र॑यो वी॒तवा॑रास आ॒शव॑: । म॒थ्रा ने॒मिं नि वा॑वृतुः ॥
दश श्यावा ऋधद्रयो वीतवारास आशवः । मथ्रा नेमिं नि वावृतुः ॥
daśa śyāvā ṛdhadrayo vītavārāsa āśavaḥ | mathrā nemiṃ ni vāvṛtuḥ ||
English translation:
“Ten brown horses bear along the wheel (of my chariot), of mature vigour, of complete power, andtrampling down obstacles.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Of complee power: vītavārāsaḥ = krāntabalaḥ prāptabala vā, having sleektails
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vaśo'śvyaḥ [vaśa aśvya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pṛthuśravasaḥ kānītasya dānastutiḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
दश॑ । श्या॒वाः । ऋ॒धत्ऽर॑यः । वी॒तऽवा॑रासः । आ॒शवः॑ । म॒थ्राः । ने॒मिम् । नि । व॒वृ॒तुः॒ ॥
दश । श्यावाः । ऋधत्रयः । वीतवारासः । आशवः । मथ्राः । नेमिम् । नि । ववृतुः ॥
daśa | śyāvāḥ | ṛdhat-rayaḥ | vīta-vārāsaḥ | āśavaḥ | mathrāḥ | nemim | ni | vavṛtuḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.46.23 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, neuter
“ten; tenth; daśan [word].”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“brown; dark; śyāva [word].”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
[noun]
“straight; smooth.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“hair; tail.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
“quick; fast; immediate; agile.”
[noun], nominative, plural, masculine
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“rim; felloe.”
[adverb]
“back; down.”
[verb], plural, Perfect indicative
“behave; happen; exist; return; dwell; die; roll; continue; act; exist; feed on; issue; move; travel; proceed; turn; situate; drive; account for; begin; do; inhere; revolve.”