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 9.15.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ए॒ष शृङ्गा॑णि॒ दोधु॑व॒च्छिशी॑ते यू॒थ्यो॒३॒॑ वृषा॑ । नृ॒म्णा दधा॑न॒ ओज॑सा ॥
एष शृङ्गाणि दोधुवच्छिशीते यूथ्यो वृषा । नृम्णा दधान ओजसा ॥
eṣa śṛṅgāṇi dodhuvac chiśīte yūthyo vṛṣā | nṛmṇā dadhāna ojasā ||

English translation:

“He tosses his horns as a bull, the lord of the herd, sharpens his, bearing treasures (for us) by his might.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): asitaḥ kāśyapo devalo vā [asita kāśyapa devala vā];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ए॒षः । शृङ्गा॑णि । दोधु॑वत् । शिशी॑ते । यू॒थ्यः॑ । वृषा॑ । नृ॒म्णा । दधा॑नः । ओज॑सा ॥
एषः । शृङ्गाणि । दोधुवत् । शिशीते । यूथ्यः । वृषा । नृम्णा । दधानः । ओजसा ॥
eṣaḥ | śṛṅgāṇi | dodhuvat | śiśīte | yūthyaḥ | vṛṣā | nṛmṇā | dadhānaḥ | ojasā

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.15.4 English analysis of grammar]

eṣa < etad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“this; he,she,it (pers. pron.); etad [word].”

śṛṅgāṇi < śṛṅga

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“peak; horn; tusk; śṛṅga [word].”

dodhuvacchiśīte < dodhuvat < dodhu < √dhū

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“shake.”

dodhuvacchiśīte < śiśīte < śā

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“sharpen; whet; strengthen.”

yūthyo < yūthyaḥ < yūthya

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

vṛṣā < vṛṣan

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“bull; Indra; stallion; Vṛṣan; man.”

nṛmṇā < nṛmṇa

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

“manhood; power.”

dadhāna < dadhānaḥ < dhā

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“put; give; cause; get; hold; make; provide; lend; wear; install; have; enter (a state); supply; hold; take; show.”

ojasā < ojas

[noun], instrumental, singular, neuter

“strength; power; ojas; ojas [word]; potency; might.”

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