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 8.68.16

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सु॒रथाँ॑ आतिथि॒ग्वे स्व॑भी॒शूँरा॒र्क्षे । आ॒श्व॒मे॒धे सु॒पेश॑सः ॥
सुरथाँ आतिथिग्वे स्वभीशूँरार्क्षे । आश्वमेधे सुपेशसः ॥
surathām̐ ātithigve svabhīśūm̐r ārkṣe | āśvamedhe supeśasaḥ ||

English translation:

“(I receive) two steeds with excellent chariots from the son of Atithigva, two with excellent reins from theson of Ṛkṣa, two with excellent ornaments from the son of Aśvamedha.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): priyamedhaḥ [priyamedha];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): ṛkṣāśvamedhayordānastutiḥ ;
Chandas (meter): svarāḍārcīgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सु॒ऽरथा॑न् । आ॒ति॒थि॒ऽग्वे । सु॒ऽअ॒भी॒शून् । आ॒र्क्षे । आ॒श्व॒ऽमे॒धे । सु॒ऽपेश॑सः ॥
सुरथान् । आतिथिग्वे । सुअभीशून् । आर्क्षे । आश्वमेधे । सुपेशसः ॥
su-rathān | ātithi-gve | su-abhīśūn | ārkṣe | āśva-medhe | su-peśasaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.68.16 English analysis of grammar]

surathāṃ < su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

surathāṃ < rathāṃ < ratha

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“chariot; warrior; ratha [word]; Dalbergia oojeinensis; rattan.”

ātithigve < ātithigva

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

svabhīśūṃr < su

[adverb]

“very; well; good; nicely; beautiful; su; early; quite.”

svabhīśūṃr < abhīśūṃr < abhīśu

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“beam; rein.”

ārkṣe < ārkṣa

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

āśvamedhe < āśvamedha

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

supeśasaḥ < supeśas

[noun], accusative, plural, masculine

“beautiful; fine-looking.”

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