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 8.73.2

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

नि॒मिष॑श्चि॒ज्जवी॑यसा॒ रथे॒ना या॑तमश्विना । अन्ति॒ षद्भू॑तु वा॒मव॑: ॥
निमिषश्चिज्जवीयसा रथेना यातमश्विना । अन्ति षद्भूतु वामवः ॥
nimiṣaś cij javīyasā rathenā yātam aśvinā | anti ṣad bhūtu vām avaḥ ||

English translation:

“Come, Aśvins, in your chariot which moves quicker than the twinkling of an eye; let your protectionabide near me.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gopavana ātreyaḥ [gopavana ātreya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): aśvinau ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

नि॒मिषः॑ । चि॒त् । जवी॑यसा । रथे॑न । आ । या॒त॒म् । अ॒श्वि॒ना॒ । अन्ति॑ । सत् । भू॒तु॒ । वा॒म् । अवः॑ ॥
निमिषः । चित् । जवीयसा । रथेन । आ । यातम् । अश्विना । अन्ति । सत् । भूतु । वाम् । अवः ॥
nimiṣaḥ | cit | javīyasā | rathena | ā | yātam | aśvinā | anti | sat | bhūtu | vām | avaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.73.2 English analysis of grammar]

nimiṣaś < nimiṣaḥ < nimiṣ

[noun], ablative, singular, feminine

“blink of an eye.”

cij < cit

[adverb]

“even; indeed.”

javīyasā < javīyas

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

“fast.”

rathenā < rathena < ratha

[noun], instrumental, singular, masculine

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

rathenā < ā

[adverb]

“towards; ākāra; until; ā; since; according to; ā [suffix].”

yātam <

[verb], dual, Present imperative

“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”

aśvinā < aśvin

[noun], vocative, dual, masculine

“Asvins; two.”

anti

[adverb]

ṣad < sat < as

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”

bhūtu < bhū

[verb], singular, Aorist imperative

“become; be; originate; transform; happen; result; exist; be born; be; be; come to life; grow; elapse; come to mind; thrive; become; impend; show; conceive; understand; stand; constitute; serve; apply; behave.”

vām < tvad

[noun], genitive, dual

“you.”

avaḥ < avas

[noun], nominative, singular, neuter

“aid; favor; protection.”

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