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 8.102.19

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

न॒हि मे॒ अस्त्यघ्न्या॒ न स्वधि॑ति॒र्वन॑न्वति । अथै॑ता॒दृग्भ॑रामि ते ॥
नहि मे अस्त्यघ्न्या न स्वधितिर्वनन्वति । अथैतादृग्भरामि ते ॥
nahi me asty aghnyā na svadhitir vananvati | athaitādṛg bharāmi te ||

English translation:

“No cow is mine, and no axe is at hand to cleave wood, but yet I bring both these to you.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): prayogo bhārgava agnirvā pāvako bārhaspatyaḥ ; athavāgnī gṛhapatiyaviṣṭhau sahasaḥ sutau tayorvānyataraḥ [prayoga bhārgava agnirvā pāvaka bārhaspatya ; athavāgnī gṛhapatiyaviṣṭhau sahasa sutau tayorvānyatara];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): agniḥ ;
Chandas (meter): virāḍgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

न॒हि । मे॒ । अस्ति॑ । अघ्न्या॑ । न । स्वऽधि॑तिः । वन॑न्ऽवति । अथ॑ । ए॒ता॒दृक् । भ॒रा॒मि॒ । ते॒ ॥
नहि । मे । अस्ति । अघ्न्या । न । स्वधितिः । वनन्वति । अथ । एतादृक् । भरामि । ते ॥
nahi | me | asti | aghnyā | na | sva-dhitiḥ | vanan-vati | atha | etādṛk | bharāmi | te

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 8.102.19 English analysis of grammar]

nahi

[adverb]

me < mad

[noun], genitive, singular

“I; mine.”

asty < asti < as

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“be; exist; become; originate; happen; result; be; dwell; be born; stay; be; equal; exist; transform.”

aghnyā

[noun], nominative, singular, feminine

“cow.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

svadhitir < svadhitiḥ < svadhiti

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“ax; knife.”

vananvati < vananvat

[noun], locative, singular, masculine

athaitādṛg < atha

[adverb]

“now; then; furthermore; now; then.”

athaitādṛg < etādṛś

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“such(a).”

bharāmi < bhṛ

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“bring; hold; fill; support; wear; possess; carry; nourish; keep; hire; have; satiate; follow; bear.”

te < tvad

[noun], dative, singular

“you.”

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