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 8.93.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

स न॒ इन्द्र॑: शि॒वः सखाश्वा॑व॒द्गोम॒द्यव॑मत् । उ॒रुधा॑रेव दोहते ॥
स न इन्द्रः शिवः सखाश्वावद्गोमद्यवमत् । उरुधारेव दोहते ॥
sa na indraḥ śivaḥ sakhāśvāvad gomad yavamat | urudhāreva dohate ||

English translation:

“May Indra, our auspicious friend, milk for us, like a richly-streaming (cow), wealth of horses, kine andbarley.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

सः । नः॒ । इन्द्रः॑ । शि॒वः । सखा॑ । अश्व॑ऽवत् । गोऽम॑त् । यव॑ऽमत् । उ॒रुधा॑राऽइव । दो॒ह॒ते॒ ॥
सः । नः । इन्द्रः । शिवः । सखा । अश्ववत् । गोमत् । यवमत् । उरुधाराइव । दोहते ॥
saḥ | naḥ | indraḥ | śivaḥ | sakhā | aśva-vat | go--mat | yava-mat | urudhārāiva | dohate

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.93.3 English analysis of grammar]

sa < tad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”

na < naḥ < mad

[noun], dative, plural

“I; mine.”

indraḥ < indra

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

śivaḥ < śiva

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“auspicious; benevolent; benign; good-hearted; dear; śiva [word]; holy; nice.”

sakhāśvāvad < sakhā < sakhi

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“friend; companion; sakhi [word].”

sakhāśvāvad < aśvāvat

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“rich in horses.”

gomad < gomat

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“rich in cattle; bovine.”

yavamat

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

urudhāreva < uru

[noun]

“wide; broad; great; uru [word]; much(a); excellent.”

urudhāreva < dhārā

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“flush; flow; current; spring; fountain.”

urudhāreva < iva

[adverb]

“like; as it were; somehow; just so.”

dohate < duh

[verb], singular, Present conjunctive (subjunctive)

“milk.”

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