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 9.61.3

Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

परि॑ णो॒ अश्व॑मश्व॒विद्गोम॑दिन्दो॒ हिर॑ण्यवत् । क्षरा॑ सह॒स्रिणी॒रिष॑: ॥
परि णो अश्वमश्वविद्गोमदिन्दो हिरण्यवत् । क्षरा सहस्रिणीरिषः ॥
pari ṇo aśvam aśvavid gomad indo hiraṇyavat | kṣarā sahasriṇīr iṣaḥ ||

English translation:

Indu, conqueror of horses, shower forth horses with cattle and gold and unbounded food.”

Details:

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

Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:

परि॑ । नः॒ । अश्व॑म् । अ॒श्व॒ऽवित् । गोऽम॑त् । इ॒न्दो॒ इति॑ । हिर॑ण्यऽवत् । क्षरा॑ । स॒ह॒स्रिणीः । इषः॑ ॥
परि । नः । अश्वम् । अश्ववित् । गोमत् । इन्दो इति । हिरण्यवत् । क्षरा । सहस्रिणीः । इषः ॥
pari | naḥ | aśvam | aśva-vit | go-mat | indo iti | hiraṇya-vat | kṣarā | sahasriṇīḥ | iṣaḥ

Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda

[Rigveda 9.61.3 English analysis of grammar]

pari

[adverb]

“from; about; around.”

ṇo < naḥ < mad

[noun], dative, plural

“I; mine.”

aśvam < aśva

[noun], accusative, singular, masculine

“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”

aśvavid < aśva

[noun], masculine

“horse; aśva [word]; Aśva; stallion.”

aśvavid < vid

[noun], nominative, singular, masculine

“finding.”

gomad < gomat

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“rich in cattle; bovine.”

indo < indu

[noun], vocative, singular, masculine

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

hiraṇyavat

[noun], accusative, singular, neuter

“possessing gold.”

kṣarā < kṣara < kṣar

[verb], singular, Present imperative

“run; melt.”

sahasriṇīr < sahasriṇīḥ < sahasrin

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“thousandfold.”

iṣaḥ < iṣ

[noun], accusative, plural, feminine

“refreshment; enjoyment; stores.”

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