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 8.94.1
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
गौर्ध॑यति म॒रुतां॑ श्रव॒स्युर्मा॒ता म॒घोना॑म् । यु॒क्ता वह्नी॒ रथा॑नाम् ॥
गौर्धयति मरुतां श्रवस्युर्माता मघोनाम् । युक्ता वह्नी रथानाम् ॥
gaur dhayati marutāṃ śravasyur mātā maghonām | yuktā vahnī rathānām ||
English translation:
“The cow (Pṛs;ni), the food-desiring mother of the wealthy Maruts, drinks (the Soma)-- she is worthy ofall honour, who yokes (the mares) to their chariots.”
Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya
The cow: cf. RV. 1.23.10; 2.34.2
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): binduḥ pūtadakṣo vā [binduḥ pūtadakṣa vā];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): marūtaḥ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
गौः । ध॒य॒ति॒ । म॒रुता॑म् । श्र॒व॒स्युः । म॒ता । म॒घोना॑म् । यु॒क्ता । वह्निः॑ । रथा॑नाम् ॥
गौः । धयति । मरुताम् । श्रवस्युः । मता । मघोनाम् । युक्ता । वह्निः । रथानाम् ॥
gauḥ | dhayati | marutām | śravasyuḥ | matā | maghonām | yuktā | vahniḥ | rathānām
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.94.1 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[verb], singular, Present indikative
“breastfeed; suck.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“Marut; vāta; wind; Vayu.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“celebrated.”
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“mother; mātṛkā; mātṛ [word]; parent; Salvinia cucullata Roxb.; Citrullus colocynthis Schrad.; cow.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“big.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“mix; use; endow; yoke; accompany; to practice Yoga; connect; hire; administer; compound; affect; add; concentrate; unite; join; prosecute; combine; supply; compound; attach to; appoint; fill; process; mobilize; mount; complement; eat; join; treat; coincide; affect; challenge.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“fire; digestion; Plumbago zeylanica; Agni; vahni; draft horse; three; sacrificial fire; Vahni; gold; southeast; citron; charioteer; leader.”
[noun], genitive, plural, masculine
“chariot; warrior; ratha [word]; Dalbergia oojeinensis; rattan.”