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 8.46.28

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उ॒च॒थ्ये॒३॒॑ वपु॑षि॒ यः स्व॒राळु॒त वा॑यो घृत॒स्नाः । अश्वे॑षितं॒ रजे॑षितं॒ शुने॑षितं॒ प्राज्म॒ तदि॒दं नु तत् ॥
उचथ्ये वपुषि यः स्वराळुत वायो घृतस्नाः । अश्वेषितं रजेषितं शुनेषितं प्राज्म तदिदं नु तत् ॥
ucathye vapuṣi yaḥ svarāḻ uta vāyo ghṛtasnāḥ | aśveṣitaṃ rajeṣitaṃ śuneṣitam prājma tad idaṃ nu tat ||

English translation:

“He who is self-resplendent in his glorious body, who is bright, O Vāyu, like ghī, has given me thisfood, brought by horses, brought by camels, brought by dogs.”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Self-resplendent: he who is lord over (the kings)uchathya and vapus; brought by camels: rajas = a camel or as ass

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): vaśo'śvyaḥ [vaśa aśvya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): vāyu:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdbṛhatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

उ॒च॒थ्ये॑ । वपु॑षि । यः । स्व॒ऽराट् । उ॒त । वा॒यो॒ इति॑ । घृ॒त॒ऽस्नाः । अश्व॑ऽइषितम् । रजः॑ऽइषितम् । शुना॑ऽइषितम् । प्र । अज्म॑ । तत् । इ॒दम् । नु । तत् ॥
उचथ्ये । वपुषि । यः । स्वराट् । उत । वायो इति । घृतस्नाः । अश्वइषितम् । रजःइषितम् । शुनाइषितम् । प्र । अज्म । तत् । इदम् । नु । तत् ॥
ucathye | vapuṣi | yaḥ | sva-rāṭ | uta | vāyo | iti | ghṛta-snāḥ | aśva-iṣitam | rajaḥ-iṣitam | śunāiṣitam | pra | ajma | tat | idam | nu | tat

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.46.28 English analysis of grammar]

ucathye < ucathya

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“applaudable.”

vapuṣi < vapus

[noun], locative, singular, neuter

“body; form; miracle; human body; beauty; look; spectacle; figure; embodiment.”

yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

svarāᄆ < sva

[noun]

“own(a); respective(a); akin(p); sva [word]; individual; present(a); independent.”

svarāᄆ < rāj

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“king; best; rāj; rāj [word].”

uta

[adverb]

“and; besides; uta [indecl.]; similarly; alike; even.”

vāyo < vāyu

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“wind; Vayu; vāta; prāṇa (coll.); air; air; fart; breath; northwest; draft; vāyu [word]; Vāyu; Marut.”

ghṛtasnāḥ < ghṛta

[noun], neuter

“ghee; fat.”

ghṛtasnāḥ < snāḥ < snā

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

aśveṣitaṃ < aśva

[noun], masculine

“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”

aśveṣitaṃ < iṣitam < iṣ

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“send.”

rajeṣitaṃ < raja

[noun], masculine

“menorrhea; raj [verb]; Rajas.”

rajeṣitaṃ < iṣitam < iṣ

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“send.”

śuneṣitam < śunā < śvan

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“dog; śvan [word].”

śuneṣitam < iṣitam < iṣ

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“send.”

prājma < pra

[adverb]

“towards; ahead.”

prājma < ajma < ajman

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“drive.”

tad < tat < tad

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

idaṃ < idam

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); here.”

nu

[adverb]

“now; already.”

tat < tad

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

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