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 9.28.4

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ए॒ष वृषा॒ कनि॑क्रदद्द॒शभि॑र्जा॒मिभि॑र्य॒तः । अ॒भि द्रोणा॑नि धावति ॥
एष वृषा कनिक्रदद्दशभिर्जामिभिर्यतः । अभि द्रोणानि धावति ॥
eṣa vṛṣā kanikradad daśabhir jāmibhir yataḥ | abhi droṇāni dhāvati ||

English translation:

“This showerer (of desire), expressed by the ten fingers, has uttered a sound ot the pitchers.”

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): priyamedhaḥ [priyamedha];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): gāyatrī;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

ए॒षः । वृषा॑ । कनि॑क्रदत् । द॒शऽभिः॑ । जा॒मिऽभिः॑ । य॒तः । अ॒भि । द्रोणा॑नि । धा॒व॒ति॒ ॥
एषः । वृषा । कनिक्रदत् । दशभिः । जामिभिः । यतः । अभि । द्रोणानि । धावति ॥
eṣaḥ | vṛṣā | kanikradat | daśa-bhiḥ | jāmi-bhiḥ | yataḥ | abhi | droṇāni | dhāvati

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.28.4 English analysis of grammar]

eṣa < etad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

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

vṛṣā < vṛṣan

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“bull; Indra; stallion; Vṛṣan; man.”

kanikradad < kanikradat < kanikrad < √krand

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“roar; neigh.”

daśabhir < daśabhiḥ < daśan

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“ten; tenth; daśan [word].”

jāmibhir < jāmibhiḥ < jāmi

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“related; ancestral; customary; usual.”

yataḥ < yam

[verb noun], nominative, singular

“concentrate; grant; restrain; cause; control; offer; cover; raise.”

abhi

[adverb]

“towards; on.”

droṇāni < droṇa

[noun], accusative, plural, neuter

dhāvati < dhāv

[verb], singular, Present indikative

“run; run; wash.”

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