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 8.78.1

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पु॒रो॒ळाशं॑ नो॒ अन्ध॑स॒ इन्द्र॑ स॒हस्र॒मा भ॑र । श॒ता च॑ शूर॒ गोना॑म् ॥
पुरोळाशं नो अन्धस इन्द्र सहस्रमा भर । शता च शूर गोनाम् ॥
puroḻāśaṃ no andhasa indra sahasram ā bhara | śatā ca śūra gonām ||

English translation:

“(Accepting) our offering of sacrificial viands, O hero Indra, bring us thousands and hundreds of cows.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): kurusutiḥ kāṇvaḥ [kurusuti kāṇva];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

पु॒रो॒ळाश॑म् । नः॒ । अन्ध॑सः । इन्द्र॑ । स॒हस्र॑म् । आ । भ॒र॒ । श॒ता । च॒ । शू॒र॒ । गोना॑म् ॥
पुरोळाशम् । नः । अन्धसः । इन्द्र । सहस्रम् । आ । भर । शता । च । शूर । गोनाम् ॥
puroḷāśam | naḥ | andhasaḥ | indra | sahasram | ā | bhara | śatā | ca | śūra | gonām

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.78.1 English analysis of grammar]

puroᄆāśaṃ < puroᄆāśam < puroḍāś

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“puroḍāśa.”

no < naḥ < mad

[noun], genitive, plural

“I; mine.”

andhasa < andhasaḥ < andhas

[noun], genitive, singular, neuter

“Soma; drink; amṛta.”

indra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”

sahasram < sahasra

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

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

ā

[adverb]

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

bhara < bhṛ

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“bring; hold; fill; support; wear; possess; carry; nourish; keep; hire; have; satiate; follow; bear.”

śatā < śata

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

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

ca

[adverb]

“and; besides; then; now; even.”

śūra

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“hero; cock; śūra; Śūra; Vatica robusta; Plumbago zeylanica; warrior; hero; attacker; lentil; wild boar; lion; dog.”

gonām < go

[noun], genitive, plural, masculine

“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”

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