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 8.55.5

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

आदित्सा॒प्तस्य॑ चर्किर॒न्नानू॑नस्य॒ महि॒ श्रव॑: । श्यावी॑रतिध्व॒सन्प॒थश्चक्षु॑षा च॒न सं॒नशे॑ ॥
आदित्साप्तस्य चर्किरन्नानूनस्य महि श्रवः । श्यावीरतिध्वसन्पथश्चक्षुषा चन संनशे ॥
ād it sāptasya carkirann ānūnasya mahi śravaḥ | śyāvīr atidhvasan pathaś cakṣuṣā cana saṃnaśe ||

English translation:

“Let them praise the seven-yoked team, great is the strength of that which is not yet full-grown; thedark-brown mares have rushed along the paths so that no eye can follow them.”

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]:

आत् । इत् । सा॒प्तस्य॑ । च॒र्कि॒र॒न् । न । अनू॑नस्य । महि॑ । श्रवः॑ । श्यावीः॑ । अ॒ति॒ऽध्व॒सन् । प॒थः । चक्षु॑षा । च॒न । स॒म्ऽनशे॑ ॥
आत् । इत् । साप्तस्य । चर्किरन् । न । अनूनस्य । महि । श्रवः । श्यावीः । अतिध्वसन् । पथः । चक्षुषा । चन । सम्नशे ॥
āt | it | sāptasya | carkiran | na | anūnasya | mahi | śravaḥ | śyāvīḥ | ati-dhvasan | pathaḥ | cakṣuṣā | cana | sam-naśe

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.55.5 English analysis of grammar]

ād < āt

[adverb]

“then.”

it < id

[adverb]

“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”

sāptasya < sāpta

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

carkirann < carkiran < carkar < √kṛ

[verb], plural, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)

“praise; commemorate.”

ānūnasya < anūnasya < anūna

[noun], genitive, singular, masculine

“perfect; entire.”

mahi

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“great; firm.”

śravaḥ < śravas

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“fame; glory; ear.”

śyāvīr < śyāvīḥ < śyāva

[noun], nominative, plural, feminine

“brown; dark; śyāva [word].”

atidhvasan < atidhvaṃs < √dhvaṃs

[verb], plural, Aorist inj. (proh.)

pathaś < pathaḥ < pathin

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“way; road; path [word]; journey; method.”

cakṣuṣā < cakṣus

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“eye; look; visual perception; cakṣus [word]; sight.”

cana

[adverb]

“not even; cana [word].”

saṃnaśe < saṃnaś < √naś

[verb noun]

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