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 8.73.15

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

मा नो॒ गव्ये॑भि॒रश्व्यै॑: स॒हस्रे॑भि॒रति॑ ख्यतम् । अन्ति॒ षद्भू॑तु वा॒मव॑: ॥
मा नो गव्येभिरश्व्यैः सहस्रेभिरति ख्यतम् । अन्ति षद्भूतु वामवः ॥
mā no gavyebhir aśvyaiḥ sahasrebhir ati khyatam | anti ṣad bhūtu vām avaḥ ||

English translation:

“Pass us not by with your thousands of herds of cattle and horses; let your protection abide near uṣ”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Pass us not by: mā ati khyatām;

Atikhyaḥ = pratikhyaḥ, pratyākhyaḥ, do not reject (or neglect) uṣ..

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

मा । नः॒ । गव्ये॑भिः । अश्व्यैः॑ । स॒हस्रे॑भिः । अति॑ । ख्य॒त॒म् । अन्ति॑ । सत् । भू॒तु॒ । वा॒म् । अवः॑ ॥
मा । नः । गव्येभिः । अश्व्यैः । सहस्रेभिः । अति । ख्यतम् । अन्ति । सत् । भूतु । वाम् । अवः ॥
mā | naḥ | gavyebhiḥ | aśvyaiḥ | sahasrebhiḥ | ati | khyatam | anti | sat | bhūtu | vām | avaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.73.15 English analysis of grammar]

[adverb]

“not.”

no < naḥ < mad

[noun], accusative, plural

“I; mine.”

gavyebhir < gavyebhiḥ < gavya

[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter

“bovine.”

aśvyaiḥ < aśvya

[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter

“equine.”

sahasrebhir < sahasrebhiḥ < sahasra

[noun], instrumental, plural, neuter

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

ati

[adverb]

“very; excessively; beyond; excessively.”

khyatam < khyā

[verb], dual, Aorist imperative

“name; describe; call; enumerate; watch; know.”

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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