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 8.56.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

श॒तं मे॑ गर्द॒भानां॑ श॒तमूर्णा॑वतीनाम् । श॒तं दा॒साँ अति॒ स्रज॑: ॥
शतं मे गर्दभानां शतमूर्णावतीनाम् । शतं दासाँ अति स्रजः ॥
śatam me gardabhānāṃ śatam ūrṇāvatīnām | śataṃ dāsām̐ ati srajaḥ ||

English translation:

“A hundred asses a hundred woolly sheep, a hundred slaves, beside garlands.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

श॒तम् । मे॒ । ग॒र्द॒भाना॑म् । श॒तम् । ऊर्णा॑ऽवतीनाम् । श॒तम् । दा॒सान् । अति॑ । स्रजः॑ ॥
शतम् । मे । गर्दभानाम् । शतम् । ऊर्णावतीनाम् । शतम् । दासान् । अति । स्रजः ॥
śatam | me | gardabhānām | śatam | ūrṇāvatīnām | śatam | dāsān | ati | srajaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.56.3 English analysis of grammar]

śatam < śata

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

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

me < mad

[noun], dative, singular

“I; mine.”

gardabhānāṃ < gardabhānām < gardabha

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“ass.”

śatam < śata

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

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

ūrṇāvatīnām < ūrṇāvatī

[noun], genitive, plural, feminine

śataṃ < śatam < śata

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

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

dāsāṃ < dāsa

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“slave; Dāsa; servant; savage; Shudra.”

ati

[adverb]

“very; excessively; beyond; excessively.”

srajaḥ < sraj

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“wreath; sraj [word].”

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