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 8.56.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

दश॒ मह्यं॑ पौतक्र॒तः स॒हस्रा॒ दस्य॑वे॒ वृक॑: । नित्या॑द्रा॒यो अ॑मंहत ॥
दश मह्यं पौतक्रतः सहस्रा दस्यवे वृकः । नित्याद्रायो अमंहत ॥
daśa mahyam pautakrataḥ sahasrā dasyave vṛkaḥ | nityād rāyo amaṃhata ||

English translation:

“Dasyave-vṛka, the son of Putakrata, has given to me ten thousand from his own store.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

दश॑ । मह्य॑म् । पौ॒त॒ऽक्र॒तः । स॒हस्रा॑ । दस्य॑वे । वृकः॑ । नित्या॑त् । रा॒यः । अ॒मं॒ह॒त॒ ॥
दश । मह्यम् । पौतक्रतः । सहस्रा । दस्यवे । वृकः । नित्यात् । रायः । अमंहत ॥
daśa | mahyam | pauta-krataḥ | sahasrā | dasyave | vṛkaḥ | nityāt | rāyaḥ | amaṃhata

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.56.2 English analysis of grammar]

daśa < daśan

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“ten; tenth; daśan [word].”

mahyam < mad

[noun], dative, singular

“I; mine.”

pautakrataḥ < pautakrata

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

sahasrā < sahasra

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

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

dasyave < dasyu

[noun], dative, singular, masculine

“savage; outcast; mugger.”

vṛkaḥ < vṛka

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“wolf; Vṛka; vṛka [word]; Vṛka.”

nityād < nityāt < nitya

[noun], ablative, singular, masculine

“continuous; own(a); changeless; everlasting; continual; devoted(p); permanent; obligatory; continuing; indispensable; native; addicted; connatural; necessary; durable; ageless; invariable; biological.”

rāyo < rāyaḥ < rai

[noun], ablative, singular, masculine

“wealth; possession; rai [word]; gold.”

amaṃhata < mah

[verb], singular, Imperfect

“give; accord.”

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