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 8.55.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

श॒तं वे॒णूञ्छ॒तं शुन॑: श॒तं चर्मा॑णि म्ला॒तानि॑ । श॒तं मे॑ बल्बजस्तु॒का अरु॑षीणां॒ चतु॑:शतम् ॥
शतं वेणूञ्छतं शुनः शतं चर्माणि म्लातानि । शतं मे बल्बजस्तुका अरुषीणां चतुःशतम् ॥
śataṃ veṇūñ chataṃ śunaḥ śataṃ carmāṇi mlātāni | śatam me balbajastukā aruṣīṇāṃ catuḥśatam ||

English translation:

“A hundred bamboos, a hundred dogs, a hundred dressed hides, a hundred bunches of balbaja grass,and four hundred red mares are mine.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kṛśaḥ kāṇvaḥ [kṛśa kāṇva];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): praskaṇvasya dānastutiḥ ;
Chandas (meter): anuṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

श॒तम् । वे॒णूम् । श॒तम् । शुनः॑ । श॒तम् । चर्मा॑णि । म्ला॒तानि॑ । श॒तम् । मे॒ । ब॒ल्ब॒ज॒ऽस्तु॒काः । अरु॑षीणाम् । चतुः॑ऽशतम् ॥
शतम् । वेणूम् । शतम् । शुनः । शतम् । चर्माणि । म्लातानि । शतम् । मे । बल्बजस्तुकाः । अरुषीणाम् । चतुःशतम् ॥
śatam | veṇūm | śatam | śunaḥ | śatam | carmāṇi | mlātāni | śatam | me | balbaja-stukāḥ | aruṣīṇām | catuḥ-śatam

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.55.3 English analysis of grammar]

śataṃ < śatam < śata

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“hundred; one-hundredth; śata [word].”

veṇūñchataṃ < veṇūn < veṇu

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“bamboo; flute; veṇu [word]; Veṇu; reed; cane.”

veṇūñchataṃ < śatam < śata

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“hundred; one-hundredth; śata [word].”

śunaḥ < śvan

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“dog; śvan [word].”

śataṃ < śatam < śata

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“hundred; one-hundredth; śata [word].”

carmāṇi < carman

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“leather; hide; shield; skin; carman [word]; carman; hide.”

mlātāni < mlā

[verb noun], accusative, plural

“shrivel; tan; fade.”

śatam < śata

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“hundred; one-hundredth; śata [word].”

me < mad

[noun], dative, singular

“I; mine.”

balbajastukā < balbaja

[noun], masculine

balbajastukā < stukāḥ < stukā

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“tuft.”

aruṣīṇāṃ < aruṣīṇām < aruṣa

[noun], genitive, plural, feminine

“red; red.”

catuḥśatam < catur

[noun]

“four; catur [word].”

catuḥśatam < śatam < śata

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“hundred; one-hundredth; śata [word].”

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