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 9.52.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

च॒रुर्न यस्तमी॑ङ्ख॒येन्दो॒ न दान॑मीङ्खय । व॒धैर्व॑धस्नवीङ्खय ॥
चरुर्न यस्तमीङ्खयेन्दो न दानमीङ्खय । वधैर्वधस्नवीङ्खय ॥
carur na yas tam īṅkhayendo na dānam īṅkhaya | vadhair vadhasnav īṅkhaya ||

English translation:

“(Soma), send (us) him who is like a pot; Indu, send us now wealth; swift-flowing (Soma), send it with blows (of stones).”

Commentary by Sāyaṇa: Ṛgveda-bhāṣya

Who is like a pot: pūrṇodanaḥ

Details:

Ṛṣi (sage/seer): ucathyaḥ [ucathya];
Devatā (deity/subject-matter): pavamānaḥ somaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): nicṛdgāyatrī ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

च॒रुः । न । यः । तम् । ई॒ङ्ख॒य॒ । इ॒न्दो॒ इति॑ । न । दान॑म् । ई॒ङ्ख॒य॒ । व॒धैः । व॒ध॒स्नो॒ इति॑ वधऽस्नो । ई॒ङ्ख॒य॒ ॥
चरुः । न । यः । तम् । ईङ्खय । इन्दो इति । न । दानम् । ईङ्खय । वधैः । वधस्नो इति वधस्नो । ईङ्खय ॥
caruḥ | na | yaḥ | tam | īṅkhaya | indo iti | na | dānam | īṅkhaya | vadhaiḥ | vadhasno itivadha-sno | īṅkhaya

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.52.3 English analysis of grammar]

carur < caruḥ < caru

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“caru; pot; Caru.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

yas < yaḥ < yad

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“who; which; yat [pronoun].”

tam < tad

[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.”

īṅkhayendo < īṅkhaya < īṅkhay < √īṅkh

[verb], singular, Present imperative

īṅkhayendo < indo < indu

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

“moon; Soma; drop; anusvāra; one; Candra; silver; camphor; point; juice.”

na

[adverb]

“not; like; no; na [word].”

dānam < dāna

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“giving; gift; bribery; performance; addition; yajña; fueling; teaching.”

īṅkhaya < īṅkhay < √īṅkh

[verb], singular, Present imperative

vadhair < vadhaiḥ < vadha

[noun], instrumental, plural, masculine

“killing; weapon; māraṇa; execution; destruction; vadh-; Vadha; dysfunction; punishment; kick.”

vadhasnav < vadhasno < vadhasnu

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

īṅkhaya < īṅkhay < √īṅkh

[verb], singular, Present imperative

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