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 8.80.5
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
हन्तो॒ नु किमा॑ससे प्रथ॒मं नो॒ रथं॑ कृधि । उ॒प॒मं वा॑ज॒यु श्रव॑: ॥
हन्तो नु किमाससे प्रथमं नो रथं कृधि । उपमं वाजयु श्रवः ॥
hanto nu kim āsase prathamaṃ no rathaṃ kṛdhi | upamaṃ vājayu śravaḥ ||
English translation:
“Up, why sit you still? Make our chariot the first; our food-seeking offering is near you.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
Food-seeking:vājayu = annam icchat;
Śravas = annam, havirlakṣaṇam; or, the race is glorious and swift
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): ekadyūrnaudhasaḥ [ekadyūrnaudhasa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
हन्तो॒ इति॑ । नु । किम् । आ॒स॒से॒ । प्र॒थ॒मम् । नः॒ । रथ॑म् । कृ॒धि॒ । उ॒प॒ऽमम् । वा॒ज॒ऽयु । श्रवः॑ ॥
हन्तो इति । नु । किम् । आससे । प्रथमम् । नः । रथम् । कृधि । उपमम् । वाजयु । श्रवः ॥
hanto iti | nu | kim | āsase | prathamam | naḥ | ratham | kṛdhi | upa-mam | vāja-yu | śravaḥ
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.80.5 English analysis of grammar]
[adverb]
“very well; hanta [word].”
[adverb]
“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”
[adverb]
“now; already.”
[adverb]
“why; ka [pronoun]; if; how.”
[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)
“sit; stay; sit down; dwell; lie; lie; exist.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“first; prathama [word]; third; young; chief(a); best; antecedent.”
[noun], genitive, plural
“I; mine.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“chariot; warrior; ratha [word]; Dalbergia oojeinensis; rattan.”
[verb], singular, Aorist imperative
“make; perform; cause; produce; shape; construct; do; put; fill into; use; fuel; transform; bore; act; write; create; prepare; administer; dig; prepare; treat; take effect; add; trace; put on; process; treat; heed; hire; act; produce; assume; eat; ignite; chop; treat; obey; manufacture; appoint; evacuate; choose; understand; insert; happen; envelop; weigh; observe; practice; lend; bring; duplicate; plant; kṛ; concentrate; mix; knot; join; take; provide; utter; compose.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“best; topmost.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“competing(a); competitive.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“fame; glory; ear.”