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 8.74.15
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स॒त्यमित्त्वा॑ महेनदि॒ परु॒ष्ण्यव॑ देदिशम् । नेमा॑पो अश्व॒दात॑र॒: शवि॑ष्ठादस्ति॒ मर्त्य॑: ॥
सत्यमित्त्वा महेनदि परुष्ण्यव देदिशम् । नेमापो अश्वदातरः शविष्ठादस्ति मर्त्यः ॥
satyam it tvā mahenadi paruṣṇy ava dediśam | nem āpo aśvadātaraḥ śaviṣṭhād asti martyaḥ ||
English translation:
“Verily I address you, O great river Paruṣṇi, O waters, there is no mortal who gives horses moreliberally than this most mighty (monarch).”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): gopavana ātreyaḥ [gopavana ātreya];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): śrutarvaṇa ārkṣasya dānastutiḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍanuṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
स॒त्यम् । इत् । त्वा॒ । म॒हे॒ऽन॒दि॒ । परु॑ष्णि । अव॑ । दे॒दि॒श॒म् । न । ई॒म् । आ॒पः॒ । अ॒श्व॒ऽदात॑रः । शवि॑ष्ठात् । अ॒स्ति॒ । मर्त्यः॑ ॥
सत्यम् । इत् । त्वा । महेनदि । परुष्णि । अव । देदिशम् । न । ईम् । आपः । अश्वदातरः । शविष्ठात् । अस्ति । मर्त्यः ॥
satyam | it | tvā | mahe--nadi | paruṣṇi | ava | dediśam | na | īm | āpaḥ | aśva-dātaraḥ | śaviṣṭhāt | asti | martyaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.74.15 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“truth; oath; satya [word]; promise.”
[adverb]
“indeed; assuredly; entirely.”
[noun], accusative, singular
“you.”
[?]
“_”
[noun], vocative, singular, feminine
“Paruṣṇī.”
[adverb]
“down.”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
[adverb]
“not; like; no; na [word].”
[adverb]
[noun], vocative, plural, feminine
“water; body of water; water; ap [word]; juice; jala.”
[noun], masculine
“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
[noun], ablative, singular, masculine
“mighty.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“man; people; martya [word]; Earth.”