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 8.97.2
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यमि॑न्द्र दधि॒षे त्वमश्वं॒ गां भा॒गमव्य॑यम् । यज॑माने सुन्व॒ति दक्षि॑णावति॒ तस्मि॒न्तं धे॑हि॒ मा प॒णौ ॥
यमिन्द्र दधिषे त्वमश्वं गां भागमव्ययम् । यजमाने सुन्वति दक्षिणावति तस्मिन्तं धेहि मा पणौ ॥
yam indra dadhiṣe tvam aśvaṃ gām bhāgam avyayam | yajamāne sunvati dakṣiṇāvati tasmin taṃ dhehi mā paṇau ||
English translation:
“Those horses, those cows, that imperishable wealth which you have seized (from your enemies)--bestow them on the sacrificer who offers the Soma and is liberal to the priests-- not on the niggard.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): rebhaḥ kāśyapaḥ [rebha kāśyapa];Devatā (deity/subject-matter): indra:;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdbṛhatī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
यम् । इ॒न्द्र॒ । द॒धि॒षे । त्वम् । अश्व॑म् । गाम् । भा॒गम् । अव्य॑यम् । यज॑माने । सु॒न्व॒ति । दक्षि॑णाऽवति । तस्मि॑न् । तम् । धे॒हि॒ । मा । प॒णौ ॥
यम् । इन्द्र । दधिषे । त्वम् । अश्वम् । गाम् । भागम् । अव्ययम् । यजमाने । सुन्वति । दक्षिणावति । तस्मिन् । तम् । धेहि । मा । पणौ ॥
yam | indra | dadhiṣe | tvam | aśvam | gām | bhāgam | avyayam | yajamāne | sunvat i | dakṣiṇāvati | tasmin | tam | dhehi | mā | paṇau
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 8.97.2 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“who; which; yat [pronoun].”
[noun], vocative, singular, masculine
“Indra; leader; best; king; first; head; self; indra [word]; Indra; sapphire; fourteen; guru.”
[verb], singular, Perfect indicative
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[noun], nominative, singular
“you.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“cow; cattle; go [word]; Earth; bull; floor; milk; beam; sunbeam; leather; hide; horn; language; bowstring; earth; ox; Svarga.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“part; part; part; parcel; quarter; body part; location; region; allotment; part; numerator; division; application; function; outside; bhāga [word]; volume; helping.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“imperishable.”
[verb noun], locative, singular
“sacrifice; worship; worship.”
[verb noun], locative, singular
“press out; su.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); respective(a); that; nominative; then; particular(a); genitive; instrumental; accusative; there; tad [word]; dative; once; same.”
[verb], singular, Present imperative
“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”
[adverb]
“not.”
[noun], locative, singular, masculine
“niggard; paṇ.”