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 8.46.29

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अध॑ प्रि॒यमि॑षि॒राय॑ ष॒ष्टिं स॒हस्रा॑सनम् । अश्वा॑ना॒मिन्न वृष्णा॑म् ॥
अध प्रियमिषिराय षष्टिं सहस्रासनम् । अश्वानामिन्न वृष्णाम् ॥
adha priyam iṣirāya ṣaṣṭiṃ sahasrāsanam | aśvānām in na vṛṣṇām ||

English translation:

“I have now received (a gift) dear to the beneficent king, sixty thousand bulls vigorous like horses.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

अध॑ । प्रि॒यम् । इ॒षि॒राय॑ । ष॒ष्टिम् । स॒हस्रा॑ । अ॒स॒न॒म् । अश्वा॑नाम् । इत् । न । वृष्णा॑म् ॥
अध । प्रियम् । इषिराय । षष्टिम् । सहस्रा । असनम् । अश्वानाम् । इत् । न । वृष्णाम् ॥
agha | priyam | iṣirāya | ṣaṣṭim | sahasrā | asanam | aśvānām | it | na | vṛṣṇām

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.46.29 English analysis of grammar]

adha

[adverb]

“then; and; therefore; now.”

priyam < priya

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“beloved; pleasant; dear; fond(p); wanted; priya [word]; favorite; good; liked; suitable; proper.”

iṣirāya < iṣira

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“vigorous; bracing; quick.”

ṣaṣṭiṃ < ṣaṣṭim < ṣaṣṭi

[noun], accusative, singular, feminine

“sixty; sixtieth; ṣaṣṭi [word].”

sahasrāsanam < sahasra

[noun], neuter

“thousand; one-thousandth; sahasra [word].”

sahasrāsanam < āsanam < āsana

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“seat; sitting; throne; Āsana; dwelling; āsana [word]; place; stay.”

aśvānām < aśva

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”

in < id

[adverb]

“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

vṛṣṇām < vṛṣan

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“bull; Indra; stallion; Vṛṣan; man.”

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