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 8.92.12

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

व॒यमु॑ त्वा शतक्रतो॒ गावो॒ न यव॑से॒ष्वा । उ॒क्थेषु॑ रणयामसि ॥
वयमु त्वा शतक्रतो गावो न यवसेष्वा । उक्थेषु रणयामसि ॥
vayam u tvā śatakrato gāvo na yavaseṣv ā | uktheṣu raṇayāmasi ||

English translation:

“We refresh you, Śatakratu, with our praises, as (the herdsman) the cattle with (different kinds of)paasture.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): śrutakakṣaḥ sukakṣo vā [śrutakakṣa sukakṣa vā];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

व॒यम् । ऊँ॒ इति॑ । त्वा॒ । श॒त॒क्र॒तो॒ इति॑ शतऽक्रतो । गावः॑ । न । यव॑सेषु । आ । उ॒क्थेषु॑ । र॒ण॒या॒म॒सि॒ ॥
वयम् । ऊँ इति । त्वा । शतक्रतो इति शतक्रतो । गावः । न । यवसेषु । आ । उक्थेषु । रणयामसि ॥
vayam | oṃ iti | tvā | śatakrato itiśata-krato | gāvaḥ | na | yavaseṣu | ā | uktheṣu | raṇayāmasi

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.92.12 English analysis of grammar]

vayam < mad

[noun], nominative, plural

“I; mine.”

u

[adverb]

“ukāra; besides; now; indeed; u.”

tvā < tvad

[noun], accusative, singular

“you.”

śatakrato < śatakratu

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“Indra.”

gāvo < gāvaḥ < go

[noun], nominative, plural, masculine

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

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

yavaseṣv < yavaseṣu < yavasa

[noun], locative, plural, neuter

“eatage; pasture; fodder.”

ā

[adverb]

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

uktheṣu < uktha

[noun], locative, plural, neuter

“hymn; praise; uktha [word]; encomium.”

raṇayāmasi < raṇay < √raṇ

[verb], plural, Present indikative

“delight.”

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