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 8.49.10

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यथा॒ कण्वे॑ मघवन्त्र॒सद॑स्यवि॒ यथा॑ प॒क्थे दश॑व्रजे । यथा॒ गोश॑र्ये॒ अस॑नोॠ॒जिश्व॒नीन्द्र॒ गोम॒द्धिर॑ण्यवत् ॥
यथा कण्वे मघवन्त्रसदस्यवि यथा पक्थे दशव्रजे । यथा गोशर्ये असनोॠजिश्वनीन्द्र गोमद्धिरण्यवत् ॥
yathā kaṇve maghavan trasadasyavi yathā pakthe daśavraje | yathā gośarye asanor ṛjiśvanīndra gomad dhiraṇyavat ||

English translation:

“As you, Mahavan, did give abundant kine and gold to Kaṇva and Trasadasyu, to Paktha andDaśavraja; as you did give them to Gośarya and Ṛjiśvan.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

यथा॑ । कण्वे॑ । म॒घ॒ऽव॒न् । त्र॒सद॑स्यवि । यथा॑ । प॒क्थे । दश॑ऽव्रजे । यथा॑ । गोऽश॑र्ये । अस॑नोः । ऋ॒जिश्व॑नि । इन्द्र॑ । गोऽम॑त् । हिर॑ण्यऽवत् ॥
यथा । कण्वे । मघवन् । त्रसदस्यवि । यथा । पक्थे । दशव्रजे । यथा । गोशर्ये । असनोः । ऋजिश्वनि । इन्द्र । गोमत् । हिरण्यवत् ॥
yathā | kaṇve | magha-van | trasadasyavi | yathā | pakthe | daśa-vraje | yathā | go--śarye | asanoḥ | ṛjiśvani | indra | go--mat | hiraṇya-vat

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.49.10 English analysis of grammar]

yathā

[adverb]

“equally; as; so that; like; how; yathā [word]; that; wherein.”

kaṇve < kaṇva

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“Kaṇva; Kaṇva; kaṇva [word].”

maghavan

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Indra; maghavan [word].”

trasadasyavi < trasadasyu

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“Trasadasyu.”

yathā

[adverb]

“equally; as; so that; like; how; yathā [word]; that; wherein.”

pakthe < paktha

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

daśavraje < daśavraja

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

yathā

[adverb]

“equally; as; so that; like; how; yathā [word]; that; wherein.”

gośarye < gośarya

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

asanor < asanoḥ < san

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“win; get; gain.”

ṛjiśvanīndra < ṛjiśvani < ṛjiśvan

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

“Ṛjiśvan.”

ṛjiśvanīndra < indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”

gomaddhiraṇyavat < gomat

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“rich in cattle; bovine.”

gomaddhiraṇyavat < hiraṇyavat

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“possessing gold.”

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